| Aux/IAA | Auxin/indole-3-acetic acid |
| SAUR | Small Auxin UP RNA |
| GH3 | Gretchen Hagen 3 |
| ARF | Auxin response factor |
| AuxREs | Auxin-responsive cis-elements |
| MS | Murashige and Skoog |
| ABA | Abscisic acid |
| PCIB | 2-(4-chlorophenoxy)-isobutyric acid |
| IAA | Indole-3-Acetic Acid |
| GSDS | Gene Structure Display Server |
| MEME | Multiple Expectation Maximization for Motif Elicitation |
| AuxRE | Auxin-responsive Element |
| ERE | Ethylene-responsive element |
| GARE | Gibberellin-responsive element |
| SARE | SA-responsive element |
| ABRE | ABA-responsive element |
| ORFs | Open reading frame |
| LB | Luria-Bertani |
| PDMS | Polydimethylsiloxane |
| GC-MS | Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| VIGS | Virus-induced gene silencing |
| BSMV | Barley stripe mosaic virus |
| MW | Molecular weight |
| pI | Isoelectric point |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| GFP | Green fluorescence protein |