| PDS | Phytoene desaturase |
| CRISPR | Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| GFP | Green fluorescent protein |
| GUS | β-glucuronidase |
| UBQ | Ubiquitin |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| LSD | Least significant difference |
| X-Gluc | 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl β-D-glucuronide |
| 2,4-D | 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) |