| ACC | 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate |
| ACO | 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase |
| ACS | 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthetase |
| ERF | Ethylene-responsive factor |
| EIN | Ethylene- insensitive |
| WEI | Weak ethylene insensitive |
| CTR | Constitutive triple response |
| RNA-seq | RNA sequencing |
| C. maxima | Cucurbita maxima |
| C. pepo | Cucurbita pepo |
| C. moschata | Cucurbita moschata |
| GO | Gene ontology |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| FPKM | Fragments per kilobase of exon per million fragments mapped |
| bp | Base pairs |
| DEGs | Differentially expressed genes |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| LS1 | One-true-leaf stage |
| LS10 | 10-leaf stage |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| AVG | Aminoethoxyvinyl glycine |
| IAA | Indoleacetic acid |