Favored alleles, their frequencies, genetic effects and <i>R²</i> at 22 SSR loci significantly (<i>P<0.05</i>) associated with MTKW.

*: P<0.05; **: P<0.01; ***: P<0.001. R2: indicates the percentage of total variation explained. Genetic positions of SSR markers on chromosome 1A to 7D were based on Röder et al. [54]; Somers et al. [55] and http://www.shigen.nig.ac.jp/wheat/komugi/maps/markerMap.jsp. Two favored alleles were detected at gwm234 and wmc17, respectively. To simplify the data process, the two alleles were considered to be the same in estimating their genetic effects on MTKW.