| ABA | abscisic acid |
| GA | gibberellic acid |
| SA | salicylic acid |
| JA | jasmonic acid |
| ACC | 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid |
| ACO | 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase |
| SAM | S-adenosylmethionine |
| NCED | 9-cis-epoxy carotenoid dioxygenase |
| DEGs | differentially expressed Unigenes |
| PCA | Principal Components Analysis |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |