| AUDPC | Area Under Disease Progress Curve |
| cvs | cultivars |
| DI | disease index |
| Fav | F. avenaceum |
| Fc | F. culmorum |
| FDK | Fusarium damaged or scabby kernels |
| Fg | F. graminearum |
| FHB | Fusarium head blight |
| Fspor | F. sporotrichioides |
| LOD | limit of odds in QTL analysis |
| LSD | limit of significant difference |
| MAS | marker aided selection |
| Mniv | Microdochium nivale, Gerlachia nivalis |
| NIV | nivalenol |
| PE | polyethylene |
| QTL | Quantitative trait locus. |