| 2,4-D | 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid |
| ACC | 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate |
| AdoMet | S-adenosylmethionine |
| CID | Collision-induced dissociation |
| CK | Black controls |
| CPPU | N-(2-chloro-4-pyridyl)-N′-phenylurea |
| dAdoMet | S-adenosylmethioninamine |
| DAF | Days after flowering |
| DBF | Days before flowering |
| ESI | Electrospray ionization |
| HOTrE | hydroxyl-octadecatrienoate |
| LysoPC | lysophosphocholine |
| MTA | 5-methylthioadenosine |
| NADH | Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
| NAD+ | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
| NADP+ | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| OPLS-DA | Orthogonal partial least squares projection to latent structures-discriminant analysis |
| PCA | Principle component analysis |
| PCD/PCDL | Personal compound database and library |
| PGR | Plant growth regulators |
| TCA | Tricarboxylic acid |
| UHPLC-qTOF-MS | Ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry |
| UV | Ultraviolet ray |
| VIP | Variable importance in projection |