TABLE 1.
Nomenclature of seed size QTL used in the present research.
| QTL type | Traits name | Abbreviation | QTL name | Description of QTL name |
| Single QTL | Seed length | SL | sl1.1 | First sl QTL on Chromosome 1 |
| Seed width | SWD | swd2.2 | Second swd QTL on Chromosome 2 | |
| Seed thickness | ST | st3.3 | Third st QTL on Chromosome 3 | |
| 100 seed weight | 100SWT | 100swt4.1 | First 100swt QTL on Chromosome 4 | |
| Consensus QTL | Watermelon seed size | ClSS | ClSS 1.1 | First consensus SS QTL on watermelon Chromosome 1 |
| Cucumber seed size | CsSS | CsSS 4.2 | Second consensus SS QTL on cucumber Chromosome 4 | |
| Melon seed size | CmSS | CmSS 3.1 | First consensus SS QTL on melon Chromosome 3 |