| ABA | Abscisic acid |
| ACO | 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase |
| APX | Ascorbate peroxidase |
| AsA | Ascorbate/Ascorbic acid |
| BAK1 | Brassinosteroid insensitive 1-associated receptor kinase 1 |
| BCA | Biological control agent |
| BIK1 | Botrytis-induced kinase 1 |
| BR | Brassinosteroid |
| CAT | Catalase |
| CATLe | Catalase-like effector |
| CeCl3 | Cerium chloride |
| CERK1 | Chitin elicitor receptor kinase 1 |
| CMII | Chorismate mutase II |
| CRISPR/Cas | Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated system |
| DAMP | Damage-associated molecular pattern |
| DCFH | 2′,7′-Dichlorodihydrofluorescein |
| DHAR | Dehydroascorbate reductase |
| DIECA | Sodium diethyldithiocarbamate |
| DPI | Diphenyleneiodonium |
| DMTU | Dimethylthiourea |
| DORN1 | Does not respond to nucleotides 1 |
| dsRNA | Double-stranded RNA |
| ET | Ethylene |
| ETI | Effector-triggered immunity |
| FLS2 | Flagellin-sensitive 2 |
| FTR | Ferredoxin–thioredoxin reductase |
| G6PDH | Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GLR | Glutamate receptor-like channel |
| GPX | Glutathione peroxidase |
| GR | Glutathione reductase |
| GSH | Reduced glutathione/Glutathione |
| GmLMM1 | Glycine max lesion mimic mutant 1 |
| GST | Glutathione S-transferase |
| HIGS | Host-induced gene silencing |
| HR | Hypersensitive response |
| HY5 | Elongated hypocotyl 5 |
| IEF | Isoelectric focusing |
| ISP | Iron–sulfur protein |
| J2 | Second-stage juvenile |
| JA | Jasmonic acid |
| JERF3 | Jasmonate/ethylene-responsive factor 3 |
| LRR | Leucine-rich repeat |
| LYK5 | LysM domain-containing receptor-like kinase 5 |
| MAMP | Microbe-associated molecular pattern |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| Mi-CRT | Meloidogyne incognita calreticulin |
| MiPDCD6 | Meloidogyne incognita programmed cell death protein 6-like effector |
| Mj-NEROSs | Meloidogyne javanica nematode effector ROS suppressor |
| MjTTL5 | Meloidogyne javanica transthyretin-like protein 5 |
| MgMO289 | Meloidogyne graminicola effector MO289 |
| MPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| NADH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, reduced form |
| NADPH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, reduced form |
| NAMP | Nematode-associated molecular pattern |
| NBS | Nucleotide-binding site |
| NBT | Nitro blue tetrazolium |
| NLR | Nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptor |
| NPR1 | Nonexpressor of pathogenesis-related genes 1 |
| OPPP | Oxidative pentose phosphate pathway |
| PAMP | Pathogen-associated molecular pattern |
| PAL | Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase |
| PCD | Programmed cell death |
| PEPR | PEP receptor |
| POD | Peroxidase |
| PP2C | Protein phosphatase 2C |
| PR | Pathogenesis-related |
| PRR | Pattern recognition receptor |
| PRX | Peroxiredoxin |
| PTI | Pattern-triggered immunity |
| RBOH | Respiratory burst oxidase homolog |
| RKN | Root-knot nematode |
| RLK | Receptor-like kinase |
| RNAi | RNA interference |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SA | Salicylic acid |
| SAR | Systemic acquired resistance |
| SERK3 | Somatic embryogenesis receptor-like kinase 3 |
| SHAM | Salicylhydroxamic acid |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| TGA | TGACG-binding transcription factor |
| TRX | Thioredoxin |
| WAT | Walls are thin |
| WFI | Wound-induced protein |