| N | Nitrogen |
| SPAD | Relative leaf chlorophyll content |
| HTTP | Hight throughput plant phenotyping |
| UAV | Unmanned aerial vehicle |
| VNIR | Visible and near-infrared |
| NDVI | Normalized difference vegetation index |
| SR | Simple ratio |
| NDWI | Normalized difference water index |
| RGB | Red–green–blue |
| RGB VIs | Red–green–blue vegetation indices |
| UAV RGB VIs | Unmanned aerial vehicle red-green-blue vegetation indices |
| Ground RGB VIs | Ground level red-green-blue vegetation indices |
| HIS | Hue–intensity–saturation |
| H | Hue |
| GA | Green area |
| GGA | Greener green area |
| CSI | Crop senescence index |
| CIMMYT | International center for maize and wheat improvement |
| OP | Optimum nitrogen |
| LOW | Low managed nitrogen |
| L* | Lightness |
| NDLab | Normalized difference between a* and b* |
| NDLuv | Normalized difference between u* and v* |
| TGI | Triangular greenness index |
| NGRDI | Normalized green–red difference index |
| ASI | Anthesis silking interval |
| AD | Anthesis data |
| PH | Plant height |
| SEN | Canopy senescence |
| MOI | Moisture |
| GY | Grain yield |
| GYLI | Grain yield loss index |
| HY | High yield |
| MHY | Medium high yield |
| MLY | Medium low yield |
| LY | Low yield |
| ANOVA | Analyses of variance |