Research Article

Detection of QTLs for Yield Heterosis in Rice Using a RIL Population and Its Testcross Population

Table 1

Genetic effects of the QTL detected using datasets of the recombinant inbred line, testcross F1, and mid-parent heterosis.

Dataset

Recombinant inbred line
Testcross F1
Mid-parent heterosis

, additive effect of replacing a Teqing allele with an IR24 allele; , increase of the genetic effect when a Zhong 9A/Teqing heterozygote is replaced with a Zhong 9A/IR24 heterozygote; (), increase of the dominance effect when a Zhong 9A/Teqing heterozygote is replaced with a Zhong 9A/IR24 heterozygote.