BLP	bacterial leaf pustule
Xag	Xanthornonas axonopodis pv. glycines
GWAS	genome-wide association study
QTLs/QTNs	quantitative trait loci/nucleotides
MAS	marker-assisted selection
Psg	Pseudomonas syringae pv. Glycinea
RIL	recombinant inbred line
YHSBLP	Yangtze–Huai soybean breeding germplasm population
NA plate	nutrient agar plate
NB	nutrient broth; MSG, multiplexed shotgun genotyping
RAD–seq	restriction site-associated DNA sequencing
SD	standard deviation
CV%	coefficient of variation
ANOVA	analysis of variance
MCIM	mixed composite interval mapping
Add	additive effects
PVE	phenotypic variance explanation
MAF	minor allele frequency
MDR	missing data ratio
PCA	principal component analysis
LD	linkage disequilibrium
MLM	mixed linear model
K	kinship control
Q–Qplot	quantile–quantile plots
hpi	hours post-inoculation
SD	standard deviation
MR	moderately resistant
NJZM–RIL	RIL population consisting of 289 F2:9 lines derived through single seed descent
SSD	single seed descent; the method from F2 generation of Zhengyanghuangdou x Meng8206 cross
HLP	Helix–loop–helix
qPCR	real-time quantitative reverse-transcription PCR