Correction to: Both overlapping and independent loci underlie seed number per pod and seed weight in by comparative quantitative trait loci analysis.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1007/s11032-021-01232-1.].

Both overlapping and independent loci underlie seed number per pod and seed weight in by comparative quantitative trait loci analysis.

Unlabelled: Seed number per pod (SNPP) and seed weight (SW) are two components of seed yield in rapeseed (). Here, a natural population of rapeseed was employed for genome-wide association analysis for SNPP and SW across multi-years. A total of 101 and 77 SNPs significantly associated with SNPP and SW with the phenotypic variances (R) ranging from 1.

Combining quantitative trait locus and co-expression analysis allowed identification of new candidates for oil accumulation in rapeseed.

In crops there are quantitative trait loci (QTLs) in which some of the causal quantitative trait genes (QTGs) have not been functionally characterized even in the model plant Arabidopsis. We propose an approach to delineate QTGs in rapeseed by coordinating expression of genes located within QTLs and known orthologs related to traits from Arabidopsis. Using this method in developing siliques 15 d after pollination in 71 lines of rapeseed, we established an acyl-lipid metabolism co-expression network with 21 modules composed of 270 known acyl-lipid genes and 3503 new genes.