| ABA | Abscisic acid |
| ANFs | Anti-nutritional factors |
| ET | Ethylene |
| ETI | Effector-triggered immunity |
| ETS | Effector-triggered susceptibility |
| HGPs | H. armigera gut trypsin-like protease |
| HR | Hypersensitive cell death |
| JA | Jasmonic acid |
| NB-LRR | Nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat domains |
| PA | Phosphatidic acid |
| PAMPs | Pathogen-associated molecular patterns |
| PIs | Protease inhibitors |
| PR | Pathogenesis-related |
| PRRs | Pathogen recognition receptor |
| PTI | PAMP-triggered immunity |
| SA | Salicylic acid |