| H/D ratio | Height-to-diameter ratio |
| T/R ratio | Top/Root ratio |
| LWR | Leaf weight ratio |
| SWR | Shoot weight ratio |
| RWR | Root weight ratio |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| Vcmax | Maximum carboxylation rate |
| Jmax | Maximum electron transport rate |
| RD | Dark respiration |
| RuBP | Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate |