Table 5.
Summary of traits linked to genes with roles in flowering and fruit ripening (full data available in Additional file 4: Table S1)
| Trait | QTL | Genes identified with GO annotation: Biological processes |
|---|---|---|
| Days to open flowers | LG2 85 cM | carpel, flower, stamen embryo development |
| LG3 17 cM | flowering, photoperiodism, flower, embryo development | |
| LG3 62 cM | embryogenesis, post-embryonic development, flower development | |
| LG5 40 cM | photoperiodism, embryo development | |
| %Open flowers | LG3 66 cM | embryo development, post-embryonic development, pollen tube growth and recognition |
| Days to Fruit set | LG3 76 cM | negative regulation of flowering and floral meristem cell accumulation, cell wall organisation and signalling processes |
| LG3 102 cM | embryo development, embryogenesis, pollen development, pollen recognition | |
| LG5 1 cM | embryo development, pollen development and cell wall development | |
| LG6 9 cM | embryo development and cell division | |
| LG7 20 cM | fertility, embryo development, flowering, pollen development and inflorescence development | |
| Days to green fruit | LG3 49 cM | plant growth, signalling and seed coat development |
| LG3 105 cM | embryo, endosperm and pollen development, pollen recognition, transport and signalling | |
| LG5 1 cM | regulation of flowering period, embryo development, pollen development and cell wall development | |
| LG6 9 cM | embryo development, cell division and regulation | |
| Days to green/red fruit | LG4 39 cM | embryo development ending in seed dormancy, seed maturation and cell wall modification |
| LG6 3 cM | cell wall organisation | |
| LG6 46 cM | fruit embryo development ending in seed dormancy | |
| Days to red fruit | LG2 57 cM | post-embryonic development, embryo development ending in seed dormancy and cell growth |
| LG3 8 cM & 9 cM | embryo development, floral organ morphogenesis, seed development, cell expansion, cell wall organisation negative regulation of flowering | |
| LG4 42 cM | pectin lyase, cell wall organisation, embryo seed development | |
| Late fruiting | LG2 86 cM | meristem determinacy, flower development, flowering and embryo development |
| Speed of ripening (PCO1) | LG2 63 cM | vegetative to reproductive change, pollen and embryo development, post-embryonic development, anthocyanin and flavonoid biosynthesis |
| LG3 17 cM | flowering, photoperiodism, flower and embryo development, response to light intensity | |
| LG3 56 cM | development of flower parts, photoperiodism, embryo development, anthocyanin accumulation | |
| LG5 40 cM | photoperiodism, embryo development | |
| LG3 94 cM | light signalling, response to light, flower and ovule (in June) development | |
| Comparison between later and earlier scores (PCO2) | LG3 94 cM | flower development, light signalling, flowering, long day photoperiodism, embryo, flower, ovule development |
| LG4 35 cM | flower development, embryo development, flowering, ovule development | |
| LG5 72 cM | floral meristem identity, flowering, flower development, pollen development, embryo development, post-embryo development | |
| LG6 3 cM | cell wall organisation | |
| PCO4 Similar to PCO2 | LG2 88 cM | meristem determinacy, flower development, flowering and embryo development |
| LG3 76 cM | negatively regulating flowering and floral meristem cell accumulation, cell wall organisation and signalling processes, flowering, anther development embryo development | |
| LG5 17 cM | embryo development, negative regulation of flower development | |
| LG6 5 cM | embryo development |