| SCW | secondary cell wall |
| PM | plasma membrane |
| PCD | programmed cell death |
| PDs | Plasmodesmata |
| CESA | cellulose synthase |
| PI | phosphatidylinositol |
| FAD | fatty acid desaturase |
| PIS | phosphatidylinositol synthase |
| PIK | phosphatidylinositol kinase |
| LCB | long chain base |
| LCFA | long chain fatty acid |
| FB1 | fumonisin B1 |
| Sph | sphinganine |
| CS | ceramide synthase |
| DEP | differentially expressed protein |
| VLCFAs | very-long-chain fatty acids |
| ACE | 2-chloro-N-[ethoxymethyl]N-[2-ethyl-6-methyl-phenyl]-acetamide |
| ACO | 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase |
| BR | brassinosteroid |
| DPA | days past anthesis |
| AQP | aquaporin |
| PPase | pyrophosphatase |
| PIP | plasma membrane intrinsic protein |
| TIP | tonoplast intrinsic protein |
| NIP | NOD26-like intrinsic protein |
| SIP | small basic intrinsic protein |
| XIP | X intrinsic protein |
| ABC | ATP-binding cassette |
| VIN | vacuolar invertase |
| SuSy | sucrose synthase |
| GA | gibberellin acid |
| CSC | cellulose synthase complex |
| Ces | cellulose synthase |
| Csl | cellulose synthase-like |
| NIL | near-isogenic line |
| TMs | transmembrane helices |
| GT | glycosyltransferase |
| RLK | receptor-like kinase |
| RLP | receptor-like protein |
| DEG | differentially expressed gene |
| WAK | wall-associated kinase |
| FLA | fasciclin-like arabinogalactan protein |
| GPI | glycosylphosphatidylinositol |
| PLD | Phospholipase D |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| NOXs | NADPH oxidases |
| Rbohs | respiratory burst oxidase homologues |