| BL | black layer |
| DAP | days after pollination |
| BETL | basal endosperm transfer layer |
| IEP | inner epidermis cells of the pedicel |
| GO | Gene ontology |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| P-C | placento-chalazal |
| iP-C | integumental P-C |
| nP-C | nucellar P-C |
| PCD | program cell death process |
| LCM | laser-capture microdissection |
| PBS | phosphate buffered saline |
| OCT | optimum cutting temperature |
| FDR | false discovery rate |
| iBAQ | Intensity-based absolute quantification |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| L-GulL | L-gulono-1,4-lactone |
| Hsp21 | heat shock protein21 |
| BAP2 | basal layer-type antifungal protein |
| MALDI-TOF MS | Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry profiling |