| AM | Association mapping |
| AOX | Alternative oxidase |
| Cas | CRISPR associated |
| CEBIP | Chitin elicitor-binding protein |
| CERK1 | Chitin elicitor response kinase 1 |
| CRISPR | Clustered Regularly-Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats |
| DArT | Diversity Arrays Technology |
| DMI | Demethylation inhibitors |
| DON | Deoxynivalenol |
| ETI | Effector-triggered immunity |
| FHB | Fusarium head blight |
| HIGS | Host-induced gene silencing |
| HR | Hypersensitive response |
| LOX | Lipoxygenase |
| LysM | Lysine motif |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MeJA | Methyl-jasmonate |
| NEP1 | Necrosis and ethylene-inducing peptide |
| NIP | Necrosis-inducing proteins |
| NRPSs | Nonribosomal peptide synthetases |
| PAL | Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase |
| PCD | Programed cell death |
| PKSs | Polyketide synthases |
| PR | Pathogenesis-related |
| PTI | Pattern-triggered immunity |
| QoI | Quinone outside inhibitors |
| QTL | Quantitative trait loci |
| RILs | Recombinant inbred lines |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SA | Salicylic acid |
| SIGS | Spray-induced gene silencing |
| STB | Septoria leaf blotch |
| TCA | Tricarboxylic acid |
| TGS | Transcriptional gene silencing |
| UGT | UDP-glucuronosyltransferase |
| VIGS | Virus-induced gene silencing |