| AGO | argonaut |
| BL | brassinolide |
| BRs | brassinosteroids |
| CAT | catalase |
| CKs | cytokinins |
| DEGs | differentially expressed genes |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| JA | jasmonic acid |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| POD | peroxidase |
| RBSDV | rice black-streaked dwarf virus |
| RPKM | reads per kilobase per million reads |
| qRT-PCR | quantitative real-time PCR |
| SPCDV | Sweet potato chlorosis dwarf virus |
| SPCFV | Sweet potato chlorotic fleck virus |
| SPCSV | Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus |
| SPFMV | Sweet potato feathery mottle virus |
| SPMMV | Sweet potato mild mottle virus |
| SPV2 | Sweet potato virus Y |
| SPVD | Sweet potato virus disease |
| SPVG | Sweet potato virus G |
| SOD | superoxide dismutase |
| TMV | Tobacco mosaic virus |
| VCSP | sweet potato plants infected with SPFMV, SPV2, and SPVG |
| VFSP | sweet potato plants non-infected with SPFMV, SPV2, and SPVG |