| CE | collision energy |
| CUR | curtain gas |
| CXP | collision cell exit potential |
| DAMs | differentially accumulated metabolites |
| DEGs | differentially expressed genes |
| DP | de-clustering potential |
| EP | entrance potential |
| ESI-QTRAP-MS/MS | electrospray ionization-triple quadrupole-linear ion trap MS/MS |
| GC-MS | gas chromatography-mass spectrometer |
| GO | gene ontology |
| GS1 | ion source gas 1 |
| GS2 | ion source gas 2 |
| HPLC-MS/MS | high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry |
| IS | ion spray voltage |
| KEGG | Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes |
| LC-MS | liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometer |
| LIT | linear ion trap |
| LOD | limit of detection |
| LOQ | limit of quantification |
| NMR | nuclear magnetic resonance |
| OPLS-DA | orthogonal partial least squares discriminant |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| PC1 | principal component 1 |
| PC2 | principal component 2 |
| PI | product ions |
| QC | quality control |
| QQQ | triple quadrupole |
| qRT-PCR | quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| RNA-seq | RNA-sequencing |
| RSDs | relative standard deviations |
| TEM | temperature |
| TIC | total ion chromatography |
| UPLC-ESI-MS/MS | ultra-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry |
| VIP | variable importance in project |
| cps | count per second |
| MRM | multiple reaction monitoring |
| psi | pounds per square inch |
| NM | non-mycorrhizal A. roxburghii |
| M | mycorrhizal A. roxburghii |
| PAL | phenylalanine ammonia-lyase |
| C4H | cinnamate 4-hydroxylase |
| 4CL | 4-coumarate CoA ligase |
| CHS | chalcone synthase |
| CHI | chalcone isomerase |
| F3′H | flavonoid 3′-hydroxylase |
| FNS | flavone synthase |
| F3H | flavanone 3-hydroxylase |
| FLS | flavonol synthase |
| GT | flavonoid 3-O-glucosyltransferase |
| RT | rhamnosyltransferase |