Table 3.
Proposed nomenclature for quantitative traits in QTL mapping studies in cucumber.
| # | Category | Sub-category | Traits | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abiotic stress tolerance | Chilling tolerance | Chilling Tolerance | CT |
| 2 | Abiotic stress tolerance | Low temperature germination | Low Temperature Germination | LTG |
| 3 | Abiotic stress tolerance | Drought tolerance | Water Deficit Tolerance | WDT |
| 4 | Abiotic stress tolerance | Heat tolerance | Heat Tolerance | HT |
| 5 | Abiotic stress tolerance | Waterlogging tolerance | Adventitious Root Number | ARN |
| 6 | Abiotic stress tolerance | Waterlogging tolerance | Waterlogging Tolerance | WLT |
| 7 | Abiotic stress tolerance | Sulfur tolerance | Sulfur Tolerance | ST |
| 8 | Disease resistance | Disease development | Chlorosis | CHL |
| 9 | Disease resistance | Disease development | Necrosis | NEC |
| 10 | Disease resistance | Disease development | Sporulation | SPR |
| 11 | Disease resistance | Bacterial resistance | Resistance to Angular Leaf Spot (P. syringae pv. Lachryman) | ALS |
| 12 | Disease resistance | Bacterial resistance | Resistance to Bacterial Wilt (Erwinia tracheiphila) | BW |
| 13 | Disease resistance | Fungal resistance | Resistance to Anthracnose (Colletotrichum lagenarium) | AN |
| 14 | Disease resistance | Fungal resistance | Resistance to Scab (Cladosporium cucumerinum) | SC |
| 15 | Disease resistance | Fungal resistance | Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum (Fusarium Wilt) | FOC |
| 16 | Disease resistance | Fungal resistance | Resistance to F. oxysporum f. sp. radicis-cucumerinum(Fusarium crown rot) | FCRO |
| 17 | Disease resistance | Fungal resistance | Resistance to Gray Mold (Botrytis cinerea) | GM |
| 18 | Disease resistance | Fungal resistance | Resistance to Gummy Stem Blight (Didymella bryoniae) | GSB |
| 19 | Disease resistance | Fungal resistance | Resistance to Phytophthora Fruit Rot (Phytophthora capsici) | PFR |
| 20 | Disease resistance | Fungal resistance | Resistance to Powdery Mildew (Podosphaera fusca) | PM |
| 21 | Disease resistance | Fungal resistance | Resistance to Target Leaf Spot (Corynespora cassiicola) | TLS |
| 22 | Disease resistance | Nematode resistance | Resistance to Java Rootknot Nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) | JRN |
| 23 | Disease resistance | Nematode resistance | Resistance to Southern Rootknot Nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) | SRN |
| 24 | Disease resistance | Oomycete resistance | Resistance to Downy Mildew (Pseudoperonospora cubensis) | DM |
| 25 | Disease resistance | Virus resistance | Resistance to Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus | CGMMV |
| 26 | Disease resistance | Virus resistance | Resistance to Cucumber Mosaic Virus | CMV |
| 27 | Disease resistance | Virus resistance | Resistance to Cucumber Vein Yellowing Virus | CVYV |
| 28 | Disease resistance | Virus resistance | Resistance to Cucurbit Yellow Stunting Disorder Virus | CYSDV |
| 29 | Disease resistance | Virus resistance | Resistance to Melon Yellow Spot Virus | MYSV |
| 30 | Disease resistance | Virus resistance | Resistance to Papaya Ringspot Virus | PRSV |
| 31 | Disease resistance | Virus resistance | Resistance to Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus | ToLCNDV |
| 32 | Disease resistance | Virus resistance | Resistance to Watermelon Mosaic Virus | WMV |
| 33 | Disease resistance | Virus resistance | Resistance to Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus | ZYMV |
| 34 | Insect resistance | Aphid | Resistance to melon/cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii) | MA |
| 35 | Insect resistance | Cucumber beetle | Resistance to Banded Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica balteata) | BCB |
| 36 | Insect resistance | Cucumber beetle | Resistance to Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) | SCB |
| 37 | Insect resistance | Cucumber beetle | Resistance to Striped Cucumber Beetle (Acalymma vittatum) | STB |
| 38 | Insect resistance | Leaf folder | Resistance to Leaf Folder (Diaphania indica) | LF |
| 39 | Insect resistance | Leaf miner | Resistance to Leaf Miner (Liriomyza huidobrensis) | LM |
| 40 | Insect resistance | Pickleworm | Resistance to Pickleworm (Diaphania nitidalis) | PKW |
| 41 | Insect resistance | Thrips | Resistance to Thrips (Thrips palmi) | THR |
| 42 | Insect resistance | Whiteflies | Resistance to Whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci) | WFL |
| 43 | Vegetative organ | Hypocotyl | Hypocotyl Length | HL |
| 44 | Vegetative organ | Cotyledon | Cotyledon Area (size) | CA |
| 45 | Vegetative organ | Cotyledon | Cotyledon Length | CL |
| 46 | Vegetative organ | Cotyledon | Cotyledon Width | CW |
| 47 | Vegetative organ | Leaf | Leaf Bitterness | LB |
| 48 | Vegetative organ | Leaf | Leaf Apex-Terminal-Lobe Angle | LAA |
| 49 | Vegetative organ | Leaf | Leaf Area (size) | LA |
| 50 | Vegetative organ | Leaf | Leaf Attitude | LAT |
| 51 | Vegetative organ | Leaf | Leaf Blade Length (base to apex) | LBL |
| 52 | Vegetative organ | Leaf | Leaf Blade Width | LBW |
| 53 | Vegetative organ | Leaf | Leaf Margin Dentation | LMD |
| 54 | Vegetative organ | Leaf | Leaf Margin Undulation | LMU |
| 55 | Vegetative organ | Leaf | Leaf Petiole Length | LPL |
| 56 | Vegetative organ | Leaf | Trichomes (Vestiture) | TRI |
| 57 | Vegetative organ | Vine | Internode Length | IL |
| 58 | Vegetative organ | Vine | Node Number (total) | NN |
| 59 | Vegetative organ | Vine | Vine Length (plant height) | VL |
| 60 | Vegetative organ | Branch | Lateral Branches Number (primary) | LBN |
| 61 | Vegetative organ | Root | Root Length (primary) | RL |
| 62 | Vegetative organ | Root | Root Number (primary) | RN |
| 63 | Vegetative organ | Root | Root Weight (biomass) | RW |
| 64 | Vegetative organ | Plant | Biomass (whole plant dry weight) | BIO |
| 65 | Flower | Flowering time | (First) Female Flowering Time | FFT |
| 66 | Flower | Flowering time | First Flower Node (Position) | FFN |
| 67 | Flower | Flowering time | (First) Male Flowering Time | MFT |
| 68 | Flower | Flowering time | Flowering Time (days to anthesis) | FT |
| 69 | Flower | Sex expression | Female Flower Positions (on main stem and branches) | FFP |
| 70 | Flower | Sex expression | Multiple Pistillate Flowers (per node) | MPF |
| 71 | Flower | Sex expression | Percentage of Female Flowers (on main stem) | PFF |
| 72 | Flower | Sex expression | Percentage of Male Flowers (on main stem) | PMF |
| 73 | Flower | Sex expression | Sub-gynoecious | SGY |
| 74 | Fruit | Fruit setting | Parthenocarpy (fruit set) | PAR |
| 75 | Fruit | Fruit setting | Fruit Setting Positions (# fruits on main stem and branches) | FSP |
| 76 | Fruit | Fruit number | Fruit Number (per plant at harvest) | FN |
| 77 | Fruit | Fruit growth rate | Fruit Growth Rate | FGR |
| 78 | Fruit | Epidermal feature | Fruit Creasing | FCR |
| 79 | Fruit | Epidermal feature | Fruit Ribbing | FRB |
| 80 | Fruit | Epidermal feature | Fruit Striping (number and length) | FST |
| 81 | Fruit | Epidermal feature | Fruit Skin Netting (reticulation) | FSN |
| 82 | Fruit | Epidermal feature | Fruit Skin Wax (Glaucosity) | FSW |
| 83 | Fruit | Epidermal feature | Fruit Skin Glossiness | FSG |
| 84 | Fruit | Epidermal feature | Fruit Skin Mottling | FSM |
| 85 | Fruit | Epidermal feature | Fruit Ground Color (commercial fruit stage) | FGC |
| 86 | Fruit | Epidermal feature | Fruit Ground Color-Mature | FGCM |
| 87 | Fruit | Epidermal feature | Fruit Spine Color | FSC |
| 88 | Fruit | Epidermal feature | Fruit Spine Density | FSD |
| 89 | Fruit | Epidermal feature | Fruit Spine Size | FSS |
| 90 | Fruit | Epidermal feature | Fruit Wart Density | FWD |
| 91 | Fruit | Epidermal feature | Fruit Wart Size | FWS |
| 92 | Fruit | Shape/Size | Ovary Diameter | OD |
| 93 | Fruit | Shape/Size | Ovary Length | OL |
| 94 | Fruit | Shape/Size | Ovary Shape Index | OSI |
| 95 | Fruit | Shape/Size | Fruit Diameter (Commercial Stage) | FD |
| 96 | Fruit | Shape/Size | Fruit Length (Commercial Stage) | FL |
| 97 | Fruit | Shape/Size | Fruit Shape Index (Commercial Stage) | FSI |
| 98 | Fruit | Shape/Size | Mature Fruit Diameter | MFD |
| 99 | Fruit | Shape/Size | Mature Fruit Length | MFL |
| 100 | Fruit | Shape/Size | Mature Fruit Shape Index | MFSI |
| 101 | Fruit | Shape/Size | Fruit Size (consensus QTL) | FS |
| 102 | Fruit | Shape/Size | Fruit Stem End | FSE |
| 103 | Fruit | Shape/Size | Fruit Blossom End | FBE |
| 104 | Fruit | Shape/Size | Fruit Neck Length | FNL |
| 105 | Fruit | Shape/Size | Fruit Hollowness | FH |
| 106 | Fruit | Shape/Size | Fruit Weight | FW |
| 107 | Fruit | Biomass | Fruit Dry Matter | FDM |
| 108 | Fruit | Peduncle | Fruit Peduncle Direction | FPD |
| 109 | Fruit | Peduncle | Fruit Peduncle Length | FPL |
| 110 | Fruit | Flesh | Flesh Bitterness | FBI |
| 111 | Fruit | Flesh | Flesh Color | FLC |
| 112 | Fruit | Flesh | Fruit Firmness | FFI |
| 113 | Fruit | Flesh | Fruit Flesh Thickness | FTH |
| 114 | Fruit | Flesh | Seed Cavity Size | SCS |
| 115 | Fruit | Taste quality | Acerbity | ACE |
| 116 | Fruit | Taste quality | Acidity | ACI |
| 117 | Fruit | Taste quality | Fructose | FRU |
| 118 | Fruit | Taste quality | Fruit Water Content | FWC |
| 119 | Fruit | Taste quality | Glucose | GLU |
| 120 | Fruit | Taste quality | Sucrose | SUC |
| 121 | Fruit | Taste quality | Total Soluble Solids | TSS |
| 122 | Fruit | Maturity | Fruit Abscission | FAB |
| 123 | Fruit | Shelf life | Fruit Shelf Life | FSL |
| 124 | Seed | Seed dormancy | Seed Dormancy | SD |
| 125 | Seed | Seed number | Seed Number (per fruit) | SN |
| 126 | Seed | Seed size | Seed Length | SDL |
| 127 | Seed | Seed size | Seed Size | SDS |
| 128 | Seed | Seed size | Seed Width | SW |
| 129 | Seed | Seed weight | 100-Seed Weight | 100SW |
| 130 | MISC | MISC | Regeneration ability (on MS medium) | RA |