SBP	SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN
SPL	SBP-LIKE
miRNA	microRNA
TGA1	TEOSINTE GLUME ARCHITECTURE
LD	long day
RACE	Rapid amplification of cDNA ends
UTR	Untranslated region
ORF	Open reading frame
MW	Molecular weight
pI	Isoelectric point
Jp	Joint peptide
NLS	Nuclear localization signal
RT-qPCR	Reverse transcription followed by quantitative real-time PCR
RLM-RACE	RNA ligase mediated rapid amplification of cDNA ends
DAF	Day after flowering
WT	Wild Type
SOC1	SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS 1
FUL	FRUITFULL
AP1	APETALA1
LFY	LEAFY
FT	Flowering Locus T
AP2	APETALA2
AP3	APETALA3
CAM	Crassulacean acid metabolism
EIN3	ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE 3
GA	Gibberellic acid
CTAB	Hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide
CDS	the coding sequence
SDS-PAGE	Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis