| A | net photosynthetic rate |
| A/gs | intrinsic water use efficiency |
| ABA | abscisic acid |
| AQPs | aquaporins |
| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| Aux | auxins |
| CA | carbonic anhydrase |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| Enight | night-time transpiration |
| ET | ethylene |
| ETR | photosynthetic electron transport rate |
| F’v/F’m | capture efficiency of excitation energy by open PSII reaction centres |
| Fv/Fm | maximal quantum efficiency of photosystem II |
| GA | gibberellins |
| gm | mesophyll conductance |
| gnight | night-time stomatal conductance |
| gs | stomatal conductance |
| H2O2 | hydrogen peroxide |
| HCO3− | bicarbonate anion |
| K232: | excitation coefficient at 232 nm |
| K270 | excitation coefficient at 270 nm |
| Kleaf | leaf hydraulic conductance |
| NPQ | non-photochemical quenching |
| O2 | oxygen |
| OA | osmotic adjustment |
| PPFD | photosynthetic photon flux density |
| PSII | photosystem II a |
| qP | photochemical quenching |
| R | respiration |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| WUEi | intrinsic water use efficiency |
| WUEWP | whole plant water use efficiency |
| ΔK | variation of the specific extinction |
| ΦPSII | effective quantum efficiency of photosystem II |
| Ψ | leaf water potential |
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