| DT | Drought tolerance |
| MPW | Membership index value of relative plant weight |
| MPH | Membership index value of relative plant height |
| RTM-GWAS | Restricted two-stage multi-locus multi-allele genome-wide association study |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative Real-time PCR |
| CCSP | Chinese cultivated soybean population |
| QTL | Quantitative trait locus |
| SNPLDB | SNP linkage disequilibrium block |