| SSR-HRM | Microsatellite high resolution melting |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| SSR | Microsatellite |
| UPGMA | Unweighted pair group method analysis |
| EST | Expressed sequence tag |
| ZJULM | Zhejiang University luffa marker |
| MISA | Microsatellite searching tool |
| GC | Guanine pluscytosine |
| NCBI | National center for biotechnology information |
| HRM | High resolution melting |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| MEGA | Molecular evolutionary genetics analysis |
| PIC | Polymorphism information content |
| PAGE | Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |