| ABA | Abscisic acid |
| AFLP | Amplified fragment length polymorphism |
| AFP | Antifreeze protein |
| APX | Ascorbic acid peroxidase |
| BA | N6-benzyladenine |
| CAT | Catalase |
| CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CIAT | International Center for Tropical Agriculture |
| CPAs | Cryoprotective agents |
| CRI | Crop Research Institute in the Czech Republic |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DSC | Differential scanning calorimetry |
| EG | Ethylene glycol |
| EMBRAPA | Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation |
| FCM | Flow cytometry |
| GA | Gibberellic acid |
| GABA | γ-aminobutyric acid |
| GR | Glutathione reductase |
| HEPES | 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazine ethanesulfonic acid |
| InHORT | Research Institute of Horticulture in Poland |
| IPC | International Potato Center |
| IAA | Indoleacetic acid |
| ISSR | Inter simple sequence repeat |
| KIN | Kinetin |
| LEA | Late embryogenesis abundant |
| LN | Liquid nitrogen |
| LS | Loading solution |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| MS | Murashige and Skoog |
| MSAP | Methylation-sensitive amplified polymorphism |
| NAA | 1-naphthaleneacetic acid |
| NARO | National Agriculture and Food Research Organization in Japan |
| NCSS | National Center for Seeds and Seedlings in Japan |
| NIAS | National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences in Japan |
| NPs | Nanoparticles |
| PC | Preculture |
| PCO | Protein carbonyls |
| PEG | Polyethylene glycol |
| PG | Propylene glycol |
| PGRs | Plant growth regulators |
| POD | Peroxidase |
| PVS | Plant vitrification solution |
| RAPD | Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RS | Sakai’s unloading solution |
| SA | Salicylic acid |
| SOD | Superoxidase dismutase |
| SSR | Sequence simple repeat |
| SWCNTs | Single-wall carbon nanotubes |
| TF | Transcription factor |
| ZR | Zeatin riboside |