| GDT | Growth-Defense Trade-off |
| AUX | Auxins |
| GAs | Gibberellins |
| CKs | Cytokinins |
| ABA | Abscisic Acid |
| ET | Ethylene |
| BRs | Brassinosteroids |
| SA | Salicylic Acid |
| JA | Jasmonic Acid |
| DAMPs | Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns |
| HAMPs | Herbivory-Associated Molecular Patterns |
| MAPKs | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases |
| WIPKs | Wound-Induced Protein Kinases |
| SIPKs | Salicylic-acid-Induced Protein Kinases |
| PTI | Pattern-associated Immunity |
| PRRs | Pattern-Recognition Receptors |
| RLKs | Receptors-Like Kinases |
| LRR-RLKs | Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor-Like Kinases |
| MAMPs or PAMPs | Microbial- or pathogen-Associated Molecular Patterns |
| ETI | Effector-Triggered Immunity |
| Xa21 | Xanthomonas oryzae resistance 21 |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharides |
| CEBiP | Chitin Elicitor Binding Protein |
| CERK | Chitin Elicitor Receptor Kinase |
| PSK | Phytosulfokine |
| PSKR | Phytosulfokine Receptor |
| CLV1 | Clavata1 |
| CLV3 | Clavata3 |
| ERL1 | Erecta-Like 1 |
| EPF1 | Epidermal Patterning Factor 1 |
| SERKs | Somatic Embryogenesis Receptor Kinases |
| FLS2 | Flagellin Sensing 2 |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| BRI1 | Brassinosteroid Insensitive 1 |
| BRs | Brassinosteroids |
| BAK1 | BRI-Associated Kinase 1 |
| EGF | Epidermal Growth Factor |
| 3D-QSAR | Three-Dimensional Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship |
| SAR | Systemic Acquired Resistance |
| ASA | Acetylated derivative of Jasmonic Acid |
| PR | Pathogenesis-Related Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) |
| TMV | Tobacco Mosaic Virus |
| MeJA | Methyl jasmonate |
| JA-Ile | N-jasmonoyl-L-isoleucine |
| JRG | Jasmonic Responsive Gene |
| IBA | Indole-3-Butyric Acid |
| 4-Cl-IAA | 4-Chloroindole-3-Acetic Acid |
| PAA | Phenylacetic Acid |
| TIR1 | Transport Inhibitor Response 1 |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| VOCs | Volatile Organic Compounds |