| ACB | Asian corn borer |
| AIG | Average aphid incidence grade |
| AIR | Aphid incidence rate |
| AG | Aphid resistance |
| BLUP | The best linear unbiased prediction |
| bxs | Benzoxazinoids |
| CLA | Corn leaf aphid |
| DIMBOA | 2,4-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one |
| GLM | General linear model |
| GWAS | Genome-wide association studies |
| HO | Number of holes of corn borer |
| I | Shannon-Wiener’s index |
| LD | Linkage disequilibrium |
| LFR | Leaf feeding rating of corn borer |
| MLM | Mixed linear model |
| MAS | Marker-assisted selection |
| PIC | Polymorphism information content |
| QTL | Quantitative trait locus |
| TL | Tunnel length of corn borer |
| TL/HO | Tunnel length/number of holes of corn borer |
| SNP | Single-nucleotide polymorphism |
| SSRs | Simple sequence repeats |