| UPLC | Ultra performance liquid chromatography |
| ABP | Anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway |
| CHS | Chalcone synthase |
| CHI | Chalcone isomerase |
| F3H | Flavanone 3-hydroxylase |
| F3′H | Flavonoid 3’-hydroxylase |
| F3′5′H | Flavonoid 3’5′-hydroxyla |
| FLS | Flavonol synthase |
| DFR | Dihydroflavonol 4-reduct |
| ANS | Anthocyanidin synthase |
| ANR | Anthocyanidin reductase |
| UFGT | UDP flavonoid glucosyl transferase |
| RHS | Royal horticulture society |
| RHSCC | The royal horticulture society color chart |
| NR | Non-redundant protein database |
| Swiss-Prot | Swiss-Protein protein database |
| KEGG | Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes |
| KOG | Eukaryotic orthologous groups |
| GO | Gene ontology |
| RPKM | reads per kb per million reads |
| FDR | false discovery rate |
| qRT-PCR | Real-time reverse transcription-PCR |