| WEW | wild emmer wheat |
| QTL | quantitative trait loci |
| DAT | drought adaptive traits |
| MEA | multi-environmental approach |
| DRI | drought-resistant index |
| RIL | recombinant inbred line |
| CG | candidate gene |
| SNP | single nucleotide polymorphism |
| LG | linkage group |
| cM | centimorgan |
| Chr. | chromosome |
| WW | well-watered |
| WL | water-limited |
| GY | grain yield |
| TKW | thousand kernel weight |
| KNSP | kernel number per spike |
| HI | harvest index |
| SpDM | spike dry matter |
| VegDM | vegetative dry matter |
| TotDM | total dry matter |
| CL | culm length |
| SpL | spike length |
| FLL | flag leaf length |
| FLW | flag leaf width |
| δ13C | carbon isotope ratio |
| OP | osmotic potential |
| Chl | chlorophyll content |
| LR | flag leaf rolling |
| DP-H | days from planting to heading |
| DH-M | days from heading to maturity |
| ANOVA | analysis of variance |
| dtraits | drought plasticity traits I |
| ddftraits | drought plasticity traits II |
| dftraits | traits adjusted for the effect of phenology |
| G18-16 | wild emmer wheat accession G18-16 |
| LDN | cv. Langdon |
| LOD | logarithm of the odds |
| ITV allele | increased trait value allele |
| PEV | proportion of explained variation |
| MIM | multiple interval mapping |
| GWAS | genome-wide association study |