Quantitative Trait Loci Analysis of Folate Content in Dry Beans, Phaseolus vulgaris L.
Table 1
Least squared means, standard errors, and the summary of ANOVA for four measurements of total and 5-methyl tetrahydrofolate contents of four dry bean varieties, their six F1, and the F2 of Othello/Redhawk measured in two injected solutions at one-hour interval.
First injected solution (μg/100 g)
Second injected solution (μg/100 g)
5-Methyltetrahydrofolate
Total folate
5-Methyltetrahydrofolate
Total folate
Parents
Taylor
220.8
255.1
168.9
191.1
Othello
199.1
217.2
147.4
167.2
Redhawk
244.4
345.4
232.6
321.0
AC Elk
231.6
338.0
194.3
303.0
F1 Crosses1
Taylor/Othello
237.3
306.2
193.0
275.8
Taylor/Redhawk
282.5
355.5
233.7
314.8
Taylor/AC Elk
213.0
275.7
185.5
245.1
Othello/Redhawk
219.1
299.3
192.3
265.8
Othello/AC Elk
233.0
306.4
212.3
279.0
Redhawk/AC Elk
253.3
311.4
167.7
266.1
SE
29.00
31.89
23.90
26.28
F2 of Othello/Redhawk
Mean
218.0
236.8
181.1
195.2
Minimum
205.5
224.4
172.4
185.6
Maximum
230.5
249.3
189.8
204.7
SE
6.37
6.35
4.44
4.88
ANOVA
Genotype
ns
ns
*
**
Parents
ns
*
**
**
Crosses
ns
ns
ns
ns
Parents versus crosses
ns
ns
ns
ns
* and ** are significant at P < 0.05 and 0.01, respectively; ns is not significant.
1In each cross, first parent is the female and second parent is the male.
