| ABA | Abscisic acid |
| BLAST | Basic local alignment search tool |
| COG | Clusters of orthologous groups |
| DEG | Differentially expressed gene |
| EST | Expressed sequence tag |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| GO | Gene ontology |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes Pathway |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| qRT-PCR | Real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction |
| RPKM | Number of reads per kilobase per million clean reads |
| SAM | Shoot apical meristem |
| GCN | Gene co-expression network |
| HRR | Highest reciprocal rank |
| MCL | Markov cluster algorithm |
| FW | Fresh weight |
| ZR | Zeatin riboside |
| JA | Jasmonic acid |
| IAA | Indole-3-acetic acid |
| GA3 | Gibberellic acid 3 |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immuno sorbent assay |
| Contig### | First_Contig### |
| contig_### | 1-LWQ_no_rRNA.1_(paired)_contig_### |