Figure 5

Quantitative trait loci (QTL) for bud set. Data were obtained from a Populus nigra full-sib family (POP5) grown in two sites in Italy: Cavallermaggiore (CV) and Viterbo (VT). Selected traits related to bud set phenology (onset-of-stage traits: date2.5 and date1.5; duration traits: subproc1 and subproc2) were considered. Roman numerals over the linkage groups (LGs) correspond to the P. trichocarpa chromosomes. LGs of maternal map (genotype '58-861') are in pink and LGs of paternal map (genotype 'Poli') are in blue. The length of the LG bars is proportional to the map distance in centiMorgan (cM). Numbers on the left of each LG indicate the marker position in cM. Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) markers are in black and Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) are in red and in bold. QTL are represented on the right side of the LGs by lines that indicate the 95% confidence interval. LOD peaks are marked by a short horizontal tick. Red lines denote QTL with a positive genetic effect in CV and VT. Green lines denote QTL with a negative genetic effect in CV and VT. Blue lines denote QTL with an opposite effect between CV and VT.