TABLE 11.

KEGG pathway terms associated with Al exposure in the absence of the caryopses (FOA).

Term	DEG
Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites	108
Biosynthesis of amino acids	64
Carbon metabolism	44
2-Oxocarboxylic acid metabolism	24
Cysteine and methionine metabolism	20
Valine, leucine and isoleucine degradation	18
Propanoate metabolism	13
Lysine biosynthesis	11

DEG is the number of differentially expressed genes induced by Al in the absence of the caryopsis. The darker the DEG cell, the higher the number of DEGs.