| ABA | Abscisic acid |
| An-1 | Awn-1 |
| APO1 | ABERRANT PANICLE ORGANIZATION 1 |
| CK | Cytokinin |
| DEP1 | DENSE AND ERECT PANICLE1 |
| DEP3 | DENSE AND ERECT PANICLE3 |
| DST | DROUGHT AND SALT TOLERANCE |
| EP3 | ERECT PANICLE3 |
| FZP | FRIZZY PANICLE |
| FZP2 | FRIZZY PANICLE 2 |
| GA | Gibberellin |
| GAD1 | GRAIN NUMBER, GRAIN LENGTH AND AWN DEVELOPMENT1 |
| Ghd7 | Grain Number, Plant Height, and Heading Date7 |
| Ghd8 | Grain Number, Plant Height, and Heading Date8 |
| GN1a | Grain Number1a |
| GN2 | Grain Number2 |
| GN4-1 | Grain Number4-1 |
| GNP1 | Grain Number per Panicle1 |
| Gnp4 | Grain Number per Panicle Gene4 |
| GNPP | Grain number per panicle |
| HAP | Heterotrimeric haem activator |
| LOG | LONELY GUY |
| IM | Inflorescence meristem |
| IPA1 | Ideal Plant Architecture 1 |
| KNOX | Knotted1-like Homeobox |
| LAX | LAX PANICLE |
| LAX2 | LAX PANICLE2 |
| LP | LARGER PANICLE |
| MOC1 | MONOCULM1 |
| NOG1 | NUMBER OF GRAINS 1 |
| OsCKX2 | Cytokinin oxidase2 |
| OSH1 | Oryza sativa Homeobox1 |
| PAP2 | PANICLE PHYTOMER 2 |
| PAY1 | PLANT ARCHITECTURE AND YIELD1 |
| PROG1 | PROSTRATE GROWTH1 |
| PRR37 | Pseudo-response REGULATOR37 |
| PTR | Peptide transporter |
| PYL | Pyrabactin Resistance-Like |
| QTL | Quantitative trait locus |
| SAM | Shoot apical meristem |
| SRBs | Secondary rachis branches |
| SP1 | Short Panicle 1 |
| SPA | Small Panicle |
| SPL14 | SOUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE 14 |
| TAW1 | TAWAWA1 |
| UTR | Untranslated region |
| WFP | WEALTHY FARMER’S PANICLE |