| ABA | Abscisic acid |
| ACC | 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid |
| bHLH | Basic helix-loop-helix |
| BR | Brassinosteroids |
| CYC | Cycloidea |
| IAA | Indole-3-acetic acid |
| JA | Jasmonic acid |
| MeJA | Methyl jasmonate |
| MW | Molecular weight |
| NJ | Neighbor-Joining |
| PCF | Proliferating cell factor |
| pI | Isoelectric point |
| qPCR | Real-time quantitative RT-PCR |
| SL | Strigolactones |
| TB1 | Teosinte branched1 |
| TFs | Transcription factors |
| UTR | Untranslated region |
| YFP | Yellow fluorescence protein |