Table 5.

Genetic main effects and GE interaction effects from the QTLs for nine amino acids of cottonseed across environments in IF ₂ populations

Trait	QTL	a e	d e	a m	a e E 1	a e E 2	d e E 1	d e E 2	a m E 1	a m E 2
Asp	qAsp-22	−0.56	−0.14	−0.92*	−0.01	1.77**	0.90	−0.90	0.01	−1.73**
	qAsp-LG5	−3.89**	−0.41	2.64**	−0.02	−0.50	−0.62	0.61	0.02	0.50
Ser	qSer-5	−0.56**	−1.41**	0.33*	−0.05	0.02	−0.62*	0.61*	0.06	−0.02
	qSer-LG5	−0.10	−0.47*	1.07**	−0.40*	−0.11	−0.35	0.34	0.40*	0.12
	qSer-LG6	−0.80**	0.03	0.80**	−0.75**	0.93**	0.03	−0.03	0.72**	−0.93**
Glu	qGlu-5	−5.36**	−8.77**	3.52**	−1.29	1.48	−2.72	2.73	1.32	−1.46
	qGlu-23	5.02**	−5.46**	−1.64	2.02	−5.12**	−1.86	1.84	−2.06	5.05**
Gly	qGly-LG5	−1.37**	−0.16	0.94**	−0.02	−0.05	−0.12	0.11	0.01	0.05
Ala	qAla-22	−0.45**	−0.23	0.07	−0.04	0.67**	0.05	−0.05	0.05	−0.66**
	qAla-LG5	−1.21**	−0.20	0.92**	−0.03	−0.12	−0.11	0.11	0.03	0.12
Tyr	qTyr-5	−1.17**	−1.07**	0.74**	−1.18**	1.31**	−0.06	0.06	1.14**	−1.46**
	qTyr-9	0.37**	−0.93**	−0.59**	0.01	0.16	−0.53*	0.55**	−0.01	−0.16
	qTyr-25	0.97**	0.06	−0.74**	0.69**	−0.86**	0.26	−0.26	−0.68**	0.81**
	qTyr-LG10	0.29**	0.21	−0.99**	0.60**	−0.39*	0.00	0.00	−0.62**	0.38**
His	qHis-6	0.45**	0.95**	−0.04	−0.06	0.00	0.76**	−0.77**	0.06	0.00
	qHis-22	−0.11	−0.12	−0.31*	−0.01	0.60**	0.05	−0.05	0.01	−0.59**
	qHis-LG3	0.63**	−0.12	0.02	−0.24	−0.04	−0.13	0.13	0.24	0.04
Arg	qArg-5	−4.12**	−6.41**	2.82**	−1.36	1.62	0.00	0.00	1.45	−1.64
	qArg-22	−1.43*	−1.30	−0.83	−0.03	3.12**	2.55	−2.58	0.03	−2.88**
	qArg-LG4	−12.94**	−16.51**	8.50**	−0.03	−0.03	−7.18**	6.96**	0.03	0.03
	qArg-LG5	−6.43**	−1.21	4.80**	0.01	−0.82	−1.08	1.09	−0.01	0.85
	qArg-LG11	1.24*	3.11*	−4.4**	0.01	1.44	0.19	−0.19	−0.01	−1.43
Pro	qPro-5	−0.84**	−1.58**	0.44**	−0.52*	0.57**	−0.69*	0.68*	0.57	−0.58**
	qPro-23	0.64**	−0.72**	0.06	0.06	−0.69**	−0.31	0.31	−0.06	0.74**
	qPro-25	1.33**	0.21	−0.95**	1.07*	−1.16**	0.39	−0.4	−1.09**	1.21**
	qPro-LG5	−0.56**	−0.50	1.62**	−0.39	−0.12	0.00	0.00	0.37	0.13
	qPro-LG6	0.21	−0.83**	0.49**	−0.20	0.02	−0.01	0.01	0.20	−0.02

The negative sign (−) before a genetic effect represent the allele from MARCABUCAG8US-1-88 increasing the value of the trait

a ^e embryo additive main effect, d ^e embryo dominance main effect, a ^m maternal additive main effect, a ^eE₁ and a ^eE₂ embryo additive interaction effects in environment 1 and environment 2, d ^eE₁ and d ^eE₂ embryo dominance interaction effects in environment 1 and environment 2, a ^mE₁ and a ^mE₂ maternal additive interaction effects in environment 1 and environment 2, respectively

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01