QTL mapping is a process used to identify genomic regions associated with quantitative traits using DNA markers. It involves selecting parental lines with desirable traits, creating a mapping population such as recombinant inbred lines, phenotyping the population for the target trait, genotyping the population, and constructing a linkage map to detect QTLs. The objectives are to detect QTLs, identify genome regions affecting traits, analyze QTL effects, and determine which alleles are favorable. Different types of mapping populations like backcross, F2, RILs, and near isogenic lines can be used depending on the desired advantages and disadvantages. Methods for QTL detection include analyzing single markers, interval mapping of two flanking markers, and composite interval mapping using