| 4CL | 4-coumarate:CoA ligase |
| ANS | anthocyanin synthase |
| APCI | atmospheric pressure chemical ionization |
| BHT | butylated hydroxytoluene |
| C4H | cinnamate 4-hydroxylase |
| CDS | coding sequences |
| CHI | chalcone isomerase |
| CHS | chalcone synthase |
| CV | coefficient of variation |
| DEGs | differentially expressed genes |
| DFR | dihydroflavonol 4-reductase |
| ECDF | empirical cumulative distribution function |
| ESI | electrospray ionization |
| F3′H | flavonoid 3′-hydroxylase |
| F3H | flavanone 3-hydroxylase |
| FDR | false discovery rate |
| FPKM | fragments per kilobase of transcript per million mapped reads |
| HCA | hierarchical cluster analysis |
| LCY | lycopene cyclase |
| MBW | MYB-bHLH-WDR |
| MRM | multiple reaction monitoring |
| OPLS-DA | orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis |
| PAL | phenylalanine ammonia-lyase |
| PSY | phytoene synthase |
| QC | quality control |
| TIC | total ion chromatogram |
| UPLC-MS/MS | ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry |
| ZDS | zeta-carotene desaturase |
| Z-score | standard score |