TABLE 3.

Conditional QTL positioning of TN at different stages in A. Gaertn.

QTL	Stage	Position	Marker interval	LOD	Phenotypic variation explained (%)	Additive effect (female)	Additive effect (male)
cQTN1-1	TMTF3	1	Marker11959-Marker26586	2.72	16.80	–1.59	–7.85
cQTN1-2	TMTJ4	39	Marker16227-Marker6778	8.18	11.46	–110.47	–3.76
cQTN1-3	TJTR3	100	Marker25286-Marker6336	2.76	6.02	–2.50	0.78
	TMTH4	100	Marker25286-Marker6336	2.85	10.59	27.71	–4.84
cQTN1-4	TJTR3	129	Marker4585-Marker9617	2.73	5.96	–2.51	0.56
cQTN1-5	TJTR3	173	Marker47658-Marker20270	2.95	6.43	–2.37	0.65
	TFTJ4	173	Marker47658-Marker20270	2.99	24.91	49.59	–11.12
	TMTJ4	173	Marker47658-Marker20270	13.95	24.10	159.58	–2.09
cQTN1-6	TMTH4	175	Marker62162-Marker22514	2.67	10.02	27.55	–1.46
cQTN2-1	THTJ3	33	Marker24215-Marker7249	2.57	12.95	–0.10	–1.45
cQTN2-2	TFTR2	47	Marker21073-Marker23241	3.41	12.11	–32.15	–12.98
cQTN2-3	TFTJ2	68	Marker22568-Marker11712	2.57	13.33	–24.94	–9.65
cQTN2-4	TMTJ1	92	Marker12103-Marker8035	2.54	11.10	7.19	–6.42
cQTN3-1	TMTH1	5	Marker11037-Marker10239	2.77	13.85	9.18	2.68
cQTN3-2	TJTR2	10	Marker11241-Marker10342	4.23	15.05	7.17	2.38
cQTN3-3	TFTH1	52	Marker11177-Marker22056	5.04	16.73	6.41	2.46
cQTN3-4	TFTJ1	59	Marker19743-Marker31151	3.54	15.64	7.43	0.81
cQTN3-5	TMTJ1	67	Marker10138-Marker53481	2.65	8.89	11.64	–1.51
cQTN4-1	THTJ3	164	Marker22683-Marker29792	2.88	12.98	0.93	–2.04
	TMTF4	164	Marker22683-Marker29792	2.63	19.18	–19.01	20.17
cQTN5-1	TFTR2	11	Marker17933-Marker18656	3.84	13.94	3.25	3.83
cQTN5-2	TJTR2	13	Marker15492-Marker30030	2.99	10.74	0.52	–1.12
cQTN5-3	TJTR2	62	Marker14266-Marker11561	2.51	7.75	–4.91	–1.21
cQTN6-1	TMTJ1	58	Marker7799-Marker12834	2.51	7.41	–3.37	1.98

QTL named “cQ + trait + chromosome + number,” such as cQTN3-1 indicating that the first QTL controlling tiller in a period, was located on chromosome 3; The numbers after stages means the stage of which year, 1 for 2017, 2 for 2018, 3 for 2020, and 4 for 2021.