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Table 5 Single-marker analysis for the effect of qDTY 1.1 on grain yield after covariance adjustment for effect of days to 50% flowering under drought stress in three populations

From: qDTY 1.1 , a major QTL for rice grain yield under reproductive-stage drought stress with a consistent effect in multiple elite genetic backgrounds

Population

Marker

Mean grain yield of N22 homozygotes (kg/ha)

Mean grain yield of IR64, Swarna, MTU1010 homozygotes (kg/ha)

p-value

N22/IR64

RM431

1273

761

< 0.001

 

RM11943

1239

878

< 0.001

N22/Swarna

RM431

1517

926

< 0.01

 

RM11943

1484

927

< 0.01

N22/MTU1010

RM431

1543

1149

< 0.01

 

RM11943

1531

1199

< 0.01

  1. Homozygotes and heterozygotes determined based on the genotype of RM11943 and RM431.
  2. P < 0.01, highly significant