| ABA | Abscisic acid |
| ABA | ABA deficient |
| ABI4 | ABA INSENSITIVE4 |
| ABIG1 | ABA-INSENSITIVE GROWTH 1 |
| ACCO | 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLATE OXIDASE |
| AHP6 | HISTIDINE PHOSPHOTRANSFER PROTEIN 6 |
| AP2 | APETALA2 |
| AUX/IAA | AUXIN/INDOLE-3-ACETIC ACID |
| ARF | AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR |
| ARR | ARABIDOPSIS RESPONSE REGULATOR |
| ATHB | ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA HOMEOBOX |
| ATML1 | MERISTEM LAYER 1 |
| BDL | BODENLOS |
| BES1/BZR1 | BRI1-EMS SUPPRESSOR 1/BRASSINAZOLE RESISTANT1 |
| BG1 | β-glucosidase 1 |
| b-HLH | basic Helix-Loop-Helix |
| BIN2 | BRASSINOSTEROID-INSENSITIVE 2 |
| BR | Brassinosteroid |
| BRC1 | BRANCHED1 |
| ChIP | Chromatin Immunoprecipitation |
| ChIP-seq | Chromatin Immunoprecipitation sequencing |
| CK | Cytokinin |
| CNA | CORONA |
| CPC | CAPRICE |
| DRN | DORNROSCHEN |
| DNRL | DORNROSCHEN-like |
| EAR | ERF-Associated Amphiphilic Repression |
| EDZ | Elongation and Differentiation Zone |
| EIN3 | ETHYLENE-INSENSITIVE 3 |
| EXP3 | EXPANSIN 3 |
| ET | Ethylene |
| H cell | Hair cell; trichoblast |
| HAHB4 | HELIANTHUS ANNUUS HOMEOBOX 4 |
| HB | HOMEOBOX |
| HAT1 | HOMEOBOX ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA 1 |
| HDG11 | HOMEODOMAIN GLABRA 11 |
| HD-Zip | Homeodomain-leucine zipper |
| IPT7 | ISOPENTENYLTRANSFERASE 7 |
| GA | Gibberellin Acid |
| GAI | GIBBERELLIN INSENSITIVE |
| GL2 | GLABRA2 |
| GSK3 | GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3 |
| KAN1 | KANADI 1 |
| LAX2 | LIKE AUXIN RESISTANT 2 |
| LBD1 | LOB-Binding Domain 1 |
| MeJa | Methyl-Jasmonic acid |
| MP | MONOPTEROS |
| N cell | Non-hair cell; atrichoblast |
| NCED3 | 9-CIS-EPOXICAROTENOID DIOXIGENASE 3 |
| NPY1 | NAKED PINS IN YUC MUTANTS 1 |
| PDF2 | PLANT DEFENSIN 2 |
| PHB | PHABULOSA |
| PHV | PHAVOLUTA |
| PID | PINOID |
| PIF1 | PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 1 |
| PIN2 | PIN FORMED2 |
| PLDz1 | Phospholipase D zeta 1 |
| PM | Proximal Meristem |
| POZ | Broad-Complex, Tramtrack, and Bric-a-brac (BTB)-Poxvirus and Zinc Finger |
| PP2C | Protein Phosphatases type 2C |
| PYL | PYRABACTIN RESISTANCE1 (PYR1)/PYR1-LIKE |
| RDH6 | ROOT HAIR DEFECTIVE 6 |
| R/FR | Red/Far-Red |
| REV | REVOLUTA |
| SAD | Small body size–mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 4 (Smad4) activation domain |
| SAM | Shoot Apical Meristem |
| SCN | Stem Cell Niche |
| SHY2 | SHORT HYPOCOTYL 2 |
| SnRK | Sucrose non-fermenting 1-related protein kinase |
| START | Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein-related lipid-transfer |
| TAA1 | TRYPTOPHAN AMINOTRANSFERASE OF ARABIDOPSIS 1 |
| TCP | TEOSINTE BRANCHED1, CYCLOIDEA, PCF |
| TPL | TOPLESS |
| TZ | Transition Zone |
| WAG1 | WAVY ROOT GROWTH 1 |
| WER | WEREWOLF |
| WOX8 | WUSCHEL RELATED HOMEOBOX 8 |
| WUS | WUSCHEL |
| YUC5 | YUCCA5 |