Table 1 Fifteen selected wavenumbers (wvn) from fifteen positively correlated wavenumber blocks (see Fig. 1), the chemical bond (CB) with which the selected wavenumber interacts, heritability of the selected wavenumber, total number of QTL for the selected wavenumber, number of QTL unique for the selected wavenumber, and chromosomes on which QTL were located

Block

Wvn (cm^− 1)

CB^a

h²

# QTL

# Unique QTL

BTA

 1

2988

C-H

0.14

5

–

5, 14, 17, 20, 21

 2

2872

C-H

0.25

2

–

5, 14

 5

1966

Unknown

0.16

3

–

5, 14, 21

 6

1735

C=O

0.21

3

–

5, 14, 17

 7

1696

C=O

0.18

2

–

5, 14

 8

1604

N-H

0.20

4

–

5, 14, 17, 20

 9

1557

N-H

0.18

3

–

6, 14, 20

 10

1500

CO-N

0.12

3

–

5, 6, 14

 11

1449

Alkanes

0.26

6

1

6, 11, 13, 14, 19, 29

 12

1295

-OH

0.11

5

–

14, 19, 20, 21, 29

 13

1226

C-O

0.26

5

–

3, 5, 11, 14, 29

 14

1180

C-O

0.24

3

–

5, 14, 17

 15

1114

C-O

0.28

7

–

3, 11, 14, 19, 25, 28, 29

 16

1060

C-O

0.20

5

–

3, 14, 19, 21, 29

 17

975

C-O

0.17

3

–

5, 14, 21

Block

Wvn (cm⁻¹)

CB

h²

# QTL

# Unique QTL

BTA

 1

2988

C-H

0.12

10

1

1, 5, 6, 11, 14, 19, 20, 23, 27, 29

 2

2872

C-H

0.22

16

–

1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25

 5

1966

Unknown

0.15

12

1

3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22

 6

1735

C=O

0.18

6

–

5, 11, 12, 14, 19, 20

 7

1696

C=O

0.15

12

–

3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22

 8

1604

N-H

0.12

19

4

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24

 9

1557

N-H

0.15

12

4

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 29

 10

1500

CO-N

0.06

12

2

6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, 29

 11

1449

Alkanes

0.25

12

–

3, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25

 12

1299

-OH

0.07

10

1

1, 5, 6, 14, 16, 18, 19, 23, 27, 28

 13

1226

C-O

0.20

17

1

1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 28

 14

1183

C-O

0.20

17

1

1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25

 15

1114

C-O

0.20

14

4

1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25, 28

 16

1056

C-O

0.19

4

–

1, 14, 16, 19

 17

979

C-O

0.19

9

–

3, 5, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20