Table 2 Top QTN associated with plant height identified by the sp-GWAS method

1

7.17E-10

1

8.35E-06

GRMZM2G081151:

Camelliol C synthase

1

3.15E-10

GRMZM2G066234:

Protein OSB2 chloroplastic

GRMZM2G366373:

Auxin-responsive protein IAA4; Ortholog of indole acetic acid 3/short hypocotyl 2 in A. thaliana

1

1.53E-08

2^a

7.03E-07

GRMZM2G082191:

Probable leucine-rich repeat receptor-like protein kinase

GRMZM2G082191 (SNP in candidate):

receptor like protein kinase; Brassinosteroid insensitive function in rice

2

1.27E-06

3^a

1.01E-07

GRMZM2G100260:

D-Tyr-tRNA (Tyr) deacylase family protein

GRMZM2G004696:

Aux/IAA transcription factor 8

3

9.31E-10

GRMZM2G400390:

Laccase-7

GRMZM2G449033: nana plant1

3

6.46E-08

3

3.43E-06

4

6.59E-09

GRMZM2G508530:

unknown function

GRMZM2G170232:

tcp- transcription factor 39; Ortholog of tcp transcription factor 1 in A. thaliana

4

9.21E-07

4

5.72E-06

4

5.72E-06

4

5.28E-06

4

4.29E-06

4^a

1.38E-08

GRMZM2G393337:

3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase 2

GRMZM2G393337 (SNP in candidate);

Ortholog of Hydroxy Methylglutaryl CoA Reductase 1 (hmg1) in A. thaliana

5

6.12E-06

GRMZM2G161299: mcf1 - mitochondrial carrier family protein1

5

2.37E-07

GRMZM2G123587:

Protein ROS1

7

1.15E-07

GRMZM2G092129:

Calcium-dependent lipid-binding (CaLB domain) family protein

7

1.91E-07

7

1.65E-06

8

1.15E-06

9

8.33E-06

9

1.67E-09