| BAC | bacterial artificial chromosome |
| DH Pahang | doubled haploid Pahang |
| EAHB | East African Highland banana |
| FISH | fluorescence in situ hybridization |
| FITC | fluorescein isothiocyanate |
| NM group | Northern Malayan group |
| SNP | single-nucleotide polymorphism |
| spp. | species |
| ssp. | subspecies |
| SSR | simple sequence repeat |
| ST group | standard translocation group |
| UPGMA | unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean |