Table 6. QTL found close or overlapping with QTL identified for seed and pod traits in previous studies. The comparison was made based on the physical location of the tetraploid species by sequence alignment using BLAST to the reference genome.

Reference QTL	Physical distance of flanking region (Mbp)	Chr	QTL from previous research	Traits from previous research	Peak marker or start marker	Physical position (Mbp) previous research	Blastn % Identity	Blastn Alignment length (bp)	Blastn e-value	Reference
q16/64PA02.1	96.45 - 97.60	A02	PL_WL	Pod Length	TC9B07	101.35	98.0	346	2.9E-169	Fonceka et al. 2012
q16/64PA10_B04.1	80.28 - 101.14	A10	qPWA10.2	Pod Width	GM2084	80.28	99.5	720	0	Chen et al. 2016
qPAA07/B07.2, qPAA07/B07.3, qSdWA07/B07.2, qSdWA07/B07.3	0.63 - 1.03	A07	qHPWA07.1(E4), qHPWA07.1(E3), qHPWA07.1(E2), qHPWA07.1(E1), qPWA07(E4), qPWA07(E3), qPWA07(E2), qPWA07(E1), qPLA07(E4), qPLA07(E3), qPLA07(E2), qPLA07(E1)	100-pod weight Pod width Pod length	AHGS1836	0.76	99.5	840	0	Luo et al. 2018
qKPA07/B07.1, qKPA07/B07.2a, qKPA07/B07.3a, qDPA07/B07.2, qPWA07/B07.2	0.84 - >1.20	A07	qHPWA07.1(E4), qHPWA07.1(E3), qHPWA07.1(E2), qHPWA07.1(E1), qPWA07(E4), qPWA07(E3), qPWA07(E2), qPWA07(E1), qPLA07(E4), qPLA07(E3), qPLA07(E2), qPLA07(E1)	100-pod weight Pod width Pod length	AHGS1836	0.76	99.5	840	0	Luo et al. 2018
qSPA05/B05.2	96.58 - 97.34	A05	uqA5-7	Number seed/pod	AGGS451	91.34	99.0	19,237	0	Chen et al. 2019
qKPA03_2.2	0.06 - 0.56	A03	qHSWA03, qSLA03	100-seed weight Seed length	AhSNP1417767	3.79	98.6	26,258	0	Wang et al. 2018
qSPA04.3b	4.93 - 5.37	A04	qSLA04.1	Seed length	AhSNP13558548	8.94	99.7	35,567	0	Wang et al. 2018
qSPA04.2, qSPA04.3a	2.66 - 505	A04	qSLA04.1	Seed length	AhSNP13558548	8.94	99.7	35,567	0	Wang et al. 2018
qPDB06_1.3	130.49 - 136.39	B06	qHPWB06, qHSWB06.2	100-pod weight 100-seed weight	AhSNP14871490 AhSNP15007648	134.59	99.9	36,427	0	Wang et al. 2018
qPDB06_1.3	130.49 - 136.39	B06	qPWB06.3, qPLB06.2	Pod width Pod length	AhSNP14591706 AhSNP15460609	135.70	99.9	32,807	0	Wang et al. 2018
qPDB06_1.3	130.49 - 136.39	B06	qSLB06.3	Seed length	AhSNP14732062	137.78	99.9	29,716	0	Wang et al. 2018
qSPB06_1.2	140.36 - 146.39	B06	qSLB06.3	Seed length	AhSNP14732062	137.78	99.9	29,716	0	Wang et al. 2018
qSPB06_1.2	140.36 - 146.39	B06	qLWRSB06	Length-width ratio of seed	AhSNP14760776	142.05	99.8	24,832	0	Wang et al. 2018
qDPB06_1.2, qDPB06_1.3, qPAB06_1.2, qPAB06_1.3, qPWB06_1.2, qPWB06_1.3, qSdWB06_1.2, qSdWB06_1.3	146.38 - 150.86	B06	qLWRSB06	Length-width ratio of seed	AhSNP14760776	142.05	99.8	24,832	0	Wang et al. 2018
qSPB09.2, qSPB09.3	150.29 - 158.02	B09	qFBNB09	Fruiting branch number	AhSNP2644292	153.81	99.9	28,884	0	Wang et al. 2018