Table 3.

Genotype and DTH of parental varieties for the linkage analysis

				QTL	qHD2	qHD4	qHD5a	qHD5b	qHD6	Hd5	qHD10
				Chr	2	4	5	5	6	9	10
		DTH		Marker	RM6911	RM5414	RM3160	RM1248	RM1169	19DEL	RM3283
Population	Parental varieties	Sapporo	Pippu
HK	Hayayuki	85.2	89		C	D	G	B *	A	A	B
	Kyouwa	94.6	97		B	A	E	C	A	A	B
NH	Nanatsuboshi	95.4	92		A	A	H	B *	B *	A	A
	Honoka224	97.1	97		E	B	H	C	A	B	A

^*indicates alleles with a significant difference by the association analysis.