| EST | Expressed Sequence Tag |
| FRET | Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer |
| HRM | High-Resolution Melting |
| PGI | Protected Geographical Indication |
| ISSR | Inter Simple Sequence Repeat |
| KASP | Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR |
| LDA | Linear Discriminant Analysis |
| MAF | Minor Allele Frequency |
| MAS | Molecular Marker-Assisted Selection |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| NGS | Next Generation Sequencing |
| RAPD | Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA |
| SNP | Single Nucleotide Polymorphism |
| SSR | Simple Sequence Repeats |
| UPGMA | Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic mean |
| UPOV | International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants |