Table 2.

Quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with sulfur tolerance means (percent affected tissue; cotyledon and leaf) within and across tests in a melon recombinant inbred line (RIL) population using different marker sets.

QTLa	Datasetb	Tissue	Peak(cM)	1.5-LODInterval (cM)	Total Interval (kb)c	LOD	%VP d	P value	Additivee
qSulf-1	Across-KASP	Cotyledon	190.7	190.1–191	97	37.8	62.9	2.0 × 10−16	−16.6
	Across		190.5	189.5–191.5	239	32.1	56.7	2.0 × 10−16	−15.7
	Test 1		190.5	189–191.8	239	22.1	43.1	2.0 × 10−16	−13.3
	Test 2		190.5	189–191.5	239	31.6	56.7	2.0 × 10−16	−17.2
	Across-KASP	Leaf	190.7	190.1–191	97	49.5	74.0	2.0 × 10−16	−22.3
	Across		190.5	189.6–191.5	157	34.4	60.6	0	−20.3
	Test 1		190	189–191.5	239	20.2	42.1	0	−13.4
	Test 2		190.5	189.6–191.5	157	38.3	65.7	0	−27.1
qSulf-12	Across-KASP	Cotyledon	117.7	117–119	174	12.9	14.7	2.3 × 10−13	−7.5
	Across		117.7	116.8–121.4	410	9.9	12.6	2.0 × 10−10	−6.6
	Test 1		118	117–119.3	174	9.3	15.0	8.8 × 10−10	−7.6
	Across-KASP	Leaf	118	101.5–123.7	2,200	7.2	5.6	9.3 × 10−8	−5.4
qSulf-8	Test 2	Cotyledon	68.4	66–69.2	360	8.9	11.3	2.0 × 10−9	6.5
q1xq12	Across-KASP	Cotyledon	NA	NA	NA	8.2	8.7	1.3 × 10−9	6.5
	Across		NA	NA	NA	6.0	7.2	2.3 × 10−7	5.9
	Test 1		NA	NA	NA	5.1	7.9	1.6 × 10−6	6.3
	Across-KASP	Leaf	NA	NA	NA	5.1	3.8	2.0 × 10−6	−7.1
q1xq8	Test 2	Cotyledon	NA	NA	NA	6.5	7.9	7.4 × 10−8	5.2

^aQTL is named according to: q(trait abbreviation) − (chromosome = linkage group).

Epistatic interaction between qSulf-1 and qSulf-12 = q1xq12.

Epistatic interaction between qSulf-1 and qSulf-8 = q1xq8.

^bDataset used for QTL analysis: Means across two tests or means within independent tests; All genotypic data included the GBS SNPs and those listed as -KASP also included KASP markers.

^cPhysical distance of the genome corresponding to the 1.5-LOD interval of the QTL.

^dPercent of the phenotypic variation explained by the QTL.

^eAdditive effect of the QTL.