Table 4 Forty-nine loquat lines (varieties) used for this study

B431

B431

2n = 4x = 68

Red

B432

B432

2n = 4x = 68

Red

B433

B433

2n = 4x = 68

Red

B456

B456

2n = 4x = 68

Red

B479

B479

2n = 4x = 68

Red

H424

H424

2n = 4x = 68

Red

K474

K474

2n = 4x = 68

Red

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2n = 4x = 68

Red

A313

A313

2n = 3x = 51

Red

A322

A322

2n = 3x = 51

Red

B356

B356

2n = 3x = 51

Red

D6

D6

2n = 3x = 51

Red

D25

D25

2n = 3x = 51

Red

D27

D27

2n = 3x = 51

Red

K374

K374

2n = 3x = 51

Red

Sengweizaoseng (3x)

SWZS_3x

2n = 3x = 51

Red

Donghuzao (3x)

DHZ_3x

2n = 3x = 51

Red

Xiangzhong (3x)

XZ_3x

2n = 3x = 51

Red

Fuzao (3x)

FZ_3x

2n = 3x = 51

Red

Guifei (3x)

GF_3x

2n = 3x = 51

White

Q11

Q11

2n = 3x = 51

White

Q27

Q27

2n = 3x = 51

White

‘Longquan No. 1’

LQ1

2n = 2x = 34

Red

‘Danyou No. 1’

DY1

2n = 2x = 34

Red

‘Danyou No. 2’

DY2

2n = 2x = 34

Red

‘Danyou No. 3’

DY3

2n = 2x = 34

Red

‘Jinhua No.1’

JH1

2n = 2x = 34

Red

‘Senweizaosheng’

SWZS

2n = 2x = 34

Red

‘Zaozhong No. 6’

ZZ6

2n = 2x = 34

Red

‘Hunanzaoshu’

HNZS

2n = 2x = 34

Red

‘Xingning No. 1’

XN1

2n = 2x = 34

Red

‘Donghuzao’

DHZ

2n = 2x = 34

Red

‘Xiangzhong’

XZ

2n = 2x = 34

Red

‘Marc’

Marc

2n = 2x = 34

Red

‘Pelluches’

Pell

2n = 2x = 34

Red

H30-6

H30-6

2n = 2x = 34

Red

Changbai No. 1

CB1

2n = 2x = 34

White

Guanyu

GY

2n = 2x = 34

White

Q14

Q14

2n = 2x = 34

White

‘Dayangwanbai’

DYWB

2n = 2x = 34

White

‘Ninghaibai’

NHB

2n = 2x = 34

White

‘Ruantiaobaisha’

RTBS

2n = 2x = 34

White

‘Baili’

BL

2n = 2x = 34

White

‘Baiyu’

BY

2n = 2x = 34

White

Spain white

SW

2n = 2x = 34

White

Guiye white

GW

2n = 2x = 34

White

‘Huabai No. 1’

HB1

2n = 2x = 34

White

‘Guifei’

GF

2n = 2x = 34

White

‘Bingtangzhong’

BTZ

2n = 2x = 34

White