Data experiment 2 responses of commercial soybean

This file contains measurements and treatments for responses of commercial soybean to wild soybean neighbours. Only data from commercial soybean plants was used in the analysis of this data set. Final root biomass is calculated by subtracting the weight of rocks from the initial measurement of root biomass. Cultivars w and c, refer to wild soybean and OAC Wallace respectively. Any missing values refers to plants that died, did not germinate, or plant parts could not be retrieved because of damage

Data experiment 3

This file contains measurements and treatments for responses of commercial soybean to white bean neighbours. Only data from commercial soybean plants was used in the analysis of this data set. Final root biomass is calculated by subtracting the weight of rocks from the initial measurement of root biomass. Any missing values refers to plants that died, did not germinate, or plant parts could not be retrieved because of damage

Data experiment 2 responses of wild soybean

This file contains measurements and treatments for responses of wild soybean to commercial neighbours. Only data from wild soybean plants was used in the analysis of this data set. Final root biomass is calculated by subtracting the weight of rocks from the initial measurement of root biomass. Cultivars w and c, refer to wild soybean and OAC Wallace respectively. Any missing values refers to plants that died, did not germinate, or plant parts could not be retrieved because of damage

A list of 85 apple cultivars used in the study.

<p>Each apple is designated either commercial or heritage, red (R) or green (G) and a three-letter cultivar code is given.</p

Description of quantitative apple fruit quality traits.

<p>Instrumental traits were defined and measured using standard methods as indicated. Sensory traits were defined and measured using descriptive sensory evaluation by a trained panel of 20 sensory analysts.</p

Manhattan plots for crisp and juicy sensory texture in 78 apple cultivars using MLM.

<p>The locus of interest is indicated with open arrows; all SNPs are below the 5% FDR threshold.</p

Mapping the sensory perception of apple using descriptive sensory evaluation in a genome wide association study

<div><p>Breeding apples is a long-term endeavour and it is imperative that new cultivars are selected to have outstanding consumer appeal. This study has taken the approach of merging sensory science with genome wide association analyses in order to map the human perception of apple flavour and texture onto the apple genome. The goal was to identify genomic associations that could be used in breeding apples for improved fruit quality. A collection of 85 apple cultivars was examined over two years through descriptive sensory evaluation by a trained sensory panel. The trained sensory panel scored randomized sliced samples of each apple cultivar for seventeen taste, flavour and texture attributes using controlled sensory evaluation practices. In addition, the apple collection was subjected to genotyping by sequencing for marker discovery. A genome wide association analysis suggested significant genomic associations for several sensory traits including juiciness, crispness, mealiness and fresh green apple flavour. The findings include previously unreported genomic regions that could be used in apple breeding and suggest that similar sensory association mapping methods could be applied in other plants.</p></div

Association statistics of loci most significantly associated with apple fruit quality traits in combined years.

<p>GLM statistics are given for single and combined year data; MLM statistics are given for combined year data.</p

Manhattan plots for the apple reference trait ‘skin colour’ in 78 apple cultivars using GLM and MLM analyses.

<p>The most significant SNPs are indicated with black arrows; the 5% false discovery rate is indicated by the horizontal line.</p

Population structure of 85 apple cultivars based on genotypic variation.

<p>Principal component analysis biplots show (a,b) red apple cultivars represented by red circles and green/yellow cultivars represented with green squares, or (c) commercial apple cultivars represented by yellow triangles and heritage apple cultivars represented by blue squares. (d) Centered identity-by-state kinship heat map show close pairwise relatedness represented by dark values and distant relatedness represented by light values. Cultivar codes are defined in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0171710#pone.0171710.t001" target="_blank">Table 1</a>.</p