| NAC | NAM, ATAF1/2, and CUC2 |
| TF | Transcription factor |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| POD | Peroxidase |
| CAT | Catalase |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| ABA | Abscisic acid |
| PTM | Post-translational modification |
| HMM | Hidden Markov Model |
| CDD | Conserved Domains Database |
| pI | Isoelectric point |
| NJ | Neighbor-Joining |
| MEME | Multiple Em for Motif Elicitation |
| MCScanX | Multiple Collinearity Scan toolkit |
| TBtools | Toolkit for Biologists |
| FPKM | Fragments Per Kilobase of transcript per Million mapped reads |
| CDS | Coding sequence |
| GFP | Green fluorescent protein |
| RFP | Red fluorescent protein |
| C | Cysteine |
| S | Serine |
| NH2OH | hydroxylamine |
| SD | Synthetic Defined |
| X-α-gal | 5-Bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl α-D-galactopyranoside |
| OE | Overexpressing |
| VC | Vector control |
| CK | Control check |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| MW | Molecular weight |
| GRAVY | Grand average of hydropathicity |
| DEGs | Differentially expressed genes |
| CLC | Chloride Channel Protein |
| NHX | Na+/H+ exchanger |
| CHX | cation/H+ exchanger |
| CIPK | Calcineurin B-like proteins interacting protein kinase |
| P5CS | Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase |