Table 2.

The probability value (P-value) of association between polymorphic loci of MdSWEET genes and soluble sugar content in mature fruits of 188 apple cultivars

Gene	Average SSCa	Average content of soluble sugar components (mg/g FW)a
		Sucrose	Glucose	Fructose	Sorbitol	Total
MdSWEET7b	0.3461	0.4660	0.5707	0.9866	0.4530	0.9098
MdSWEET2d	0.0596	0.1501	0.7462	0.4083	0.8425	0.2916
MdSWEET2b	0.2998	0.3007	0.0256	0.8808	0.6281	0.9957
MdSWEET2e	0.0177	0.0001	0.0642	0.0083	0.0111	0.0001
MdSWEET12a	0.8595	0.8146	0.9991	0.4798	0.1514	0.8063
MdSWEET9b	0.0198	0.8811	0.1550	0.0001	0.4027	0.0085
MdSWEET2a	0.6065	0.9280	0.8084	0.0365	0.9427	0.6298
MdSWEET7a	0.0838	0.0966	0.9905	0.3783	0.0110	0.1418
MdSWEET15a	0.0005	0.0660	0.0005	0.0109	0.0019	0.0001

^aThe P-values < 0.01 are highlighted in bold