Significant QTL associated with seed colour and fiber traits in the GH06 x P174 F9 RIL population (n = 172) after phenotyping in 4 different field environments.

QTL were localized on high-density SNP map to allow navigation directly from QTL confidence intervals to genomic sequence regions of interest. Negative additive effect values indicate a decrease in the trait value caused by QTL alleles from parent GH06, while positive additive values indicate increasing trait values with QTL alleles from parent GH06. R2 is the percentage of variation explained by each QTL. Cq: Chongqing, China; Ho, Hohenlieth, Germany; Gi: Giessen Germany. QTL consistent over different environments are shown in bold font.