Table 4. Estimated QTL effects from the main effect model for the number of grains per panicle.

locusa	b	p-valuec	d
43_add	−5.15(1.08)	1.38×10−6	0.0454
436_add	8.06(1.03)	6.02×10−14	0.1190
877_add	3.64(1.05)	3.21×10−4	0.0225
1006_add	−8.00(1.15)	1.48×10−11	0.1036
1057_add	−7.51(1.11)	3.55×10−11	0.0973
Parameter(s)		a = −0.4, b = 0.5
μ		−0.6700
		171.21
		0.4148

^aadd: additive effect; dom: dominance effect. Total number of effects is five, all with a p-value ≤0.01.

^bThe estimated marker effect is denoted by and the standard deviation is denoted by .

^c P-value is obtained via t-test.

^dPhenotypic variation explained.