| ADP-Glc | Adenosine 5′-diphosphate-glucose. |
| AGPase | ADP-Glc pyrophosphorylase |
| CBM | Carbohydrate binding module |
| CLD | Chain length distribution |
| DBE | Starch debranching enzyme |
| DP | Degree of polymerization |
| DSC | Differential scanning calorimetry |
| GBSS | Granule bound starch synthase |
| Glc | Glucose |
| Glc-1-P | Glucose-1-phosphate |
| Glc-6-P | Glucose-6-phosphate |
| GWAS | Genome wide association study |
| HXK | Hexokinase |
| INV | Invertase |
| ISA | Isoamylase |
| MOS | Malto-oligosaccharide |
| 3-PGA | 3-phosphoglyceric acid |
| PGM | Phosphoglucomutase |
| PUL | Pullulanase |
| QTL | Quantitative trait locus |
| SBE | Starch branching enzyme |
| SNPs | Single nucleotide polymorphisms |
| SP | Starch phosphorylase |
| SPS | Sucrose phosphate synthase |
| SS | Starch synthase |
| SuSy | Sucrose synthase |
| TF | Transcription factor |
| UDP-Glc | Uridine diphosphate glucose |
| UGPase | UDP-glucose-pyrophosphorylase |