BRs	Brassinosteroids
DEGs	Differentially expressed genes
GATK	Genome Analysis Toolkit
GBS	Genotyping-by-sequencing
HSPs	Heat shock proteins
HS	Heat stress susceptible
HSR	Heat stress response
HT	Heat stress tolerant
KASP	Kompetitive allele specific PCR
MAS	Marker-assisted selection
MKAMs	Maize KASPar Assay Markers
NGS	Next-generation sequencing
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SNP	Single nucleotide polymorphism
SNVs	Single nucleotide variants
STAR	Spliced Transcripts Alignment to a Reference
WES	Whole exome sequencing
WGS	Whole genome sequencing