| R. chrysanthum | Rhododendron chrysanthum Pall. |
| ABA | Abscisic acid |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variances |
| UPLC-MS/MS | Ultra-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry |
| MWDB | Metware database |
| Q-value | Adjusted p value |
| UV-B | Ultraviolet radiation b |
| PAR | Photosynthetic active radiation |
| DMS | Differential metabolites |
| DFs | Different flavonoids |
| DEGs | Differentially expressed genes |
| PSII | Photosystem II |
| Fo | Minimal fluorescence |
| PQ | Plastoquinone |
| QA | The primary quinone acceptor |
| QB | The secondary quinone acceptor |
| OEC | Oxygen evolving complex |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| H2O2 | Hydrogen peroxide |
| OPLS-DA | Orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis |
| FC | Fold change |
| VIP | Variable important in projection |
| FPKM | Transcript fragments per kilobase per million mapped reads |
| E5.5.1.6 | Chalcone isomerase |
| C12RT1 | Flavanone 7-O-glucoside 2″-O-beta-L-rhamnosyltransferase |
| DFR | Dihydroflavonol 4-reductase |
| PGT1 | Phlorizin synthase |
| TFs | Transcription factors |