TABLE 4.
The specific Quantitative Trait Locus/Loci (QTL) reported to influence seed/pod shattering in food crops.
| Crop | Mapping Population | Markers | Identified QTL | Linkage group | Phenotypic variation | References |
| Monocot | ||||||
| Hybrid Elymus | 164 backcross progenies derived from creeping × basin wildrye hybrid and a true creeping wildrye tester | - | One pleiotropic QTL | 6 | 43.1% | Larson and Kellogg, 2009 |
| Rice | 120 DH lines derived from a cross between Cheongchenong × Nagdong | 217 SSR markers | 3 QTL for pulling strength and 4 QTL for bending strength | 1,2,4,6,9,10 | 5–14% | Lee et al., 2016 |
| 198 F7:8 RILs derived from the cross Bengal × PSRR-1 and 174 F8:9 RILs derived from the cross Cypress × PSRR-1 | SSR markers | Two QTL were consistent across the populations | 4 and 10 | 61.9% | Subudhi et al., 2014 | |
| CSSLs and NILs of Japonica rice landrace Jiucaiquing in IR-26 background | 192 SSR markers | Four QTL | 1, 3, 6 and 11 | - | Cheng et al., 2016 | |
| Dicot | ||||||
| Abyssinian Cabbage | 229 F2 lines derived from BC 73526 × BC 73524 | 6,464 DArT-Seq Markers | Five QTL | B1, B3, B8 and C5 | 3.75–5.27% | Raman et al., 2017 |
| Azuki bean | 188 F2 lines derived from a cross between JP 110658 × JP 109685 | 316 SSR markers | Two QTL | 4 and 9 | 6.4–18.2% | Kaga et al., 2008 |
| Canola | 126 DH lines derived from BLN2762 × Surpass 400 | DArT-Seq markers | Twelve QTL | 3, 4, 6, 7,8,9 | 57% | Raman et al., 2014 |
| Unstructured diversity panel of 143 accessions and two structured populations (96 DH lines and 124 F2 progenies) | - | Two QTL consistently detected across the populations and environments | A06 and A09 | - | Liu et al., 2016 | |
| Cowpea | 159 RILs derived from a cross between 524B × 219-01 | 202 SSR markers | Four QTL | 1 to 10 | 6.4 to 17.2% | Andargie et al., 2011 |
| 215 RILs derived from a cross between IT99K-573-1-1 × TVNu-1158 | 51,128 SNPs | Two QTL | 3 and 5 | 68% | Lo et al., 2018 | |
| Soybean | 104 RILs derived from the cross Toyomusume × Hayahikari and 96 F2 lines derived from the cross Toyomusume × HC1-F7-57 | 178 SSR markers | One major QTL detected across the populations | 10 | 50% | Funatsuki et al., 2006 |