| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| QTL | Quantitative trait locus |
| BSA | Bulked segregant analysis |
| RIL | Recombinant inbred lines |
| ORF | Open reading frame |
| GWAS | Genome-wide association study |
| QTN | Quantitative traits nucleotides |
| LD | Linkage disequilibrium |
| MATE | Multidrug and toxic compound extrusion |
| CSSL | Chromosomal segment substitution line |
| URMC | USDA rice mini-core collection |
| MATs | Marker-trait associations |
| AS | Alternative splicing |
| GSS | Genotype-specific splicing |
| H2O2 | Hydrogen peroxide |
| ABA | Abscisic acid |
| BR | Brassinolide |
| DEGs | Differentially expressed genes |
| siRNAs | Short interfering RNAs |
| miRNAs | MicroRNAs |
| nat-siRNAs | Nature antisense transcripts-derived siRNAs |
| ta-siRNAs | Trans-acting siRNAs |
| lsiRNAs | Long siRNAs |
| hc-siRNAs | Heterochromatic siRNAs |
| pre-miRNA | miRNA precursor |
| RISC | RNA-induced silencing complex |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| LHCI | Light-harvesting antenna complex I |
| GDC | Glycine decarboxylase |
| SHMT | Glycine hydroxymethyltransferase |
| CAT | Catalases |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| POD | Peroxidase |
| APX | Ascorbate peroxidase |
| GPX | Glutathione peroxidase |
| GR | Glutathione reductase |
| MS | Mass spectrometry |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| RdDM | RNA-directed DNA methylation |
| MSAP | Methylation-sensitive amplification polymorphism |
| 5mC | 5-methylcytosine |
| DMRs | Differential methylation regions |
| JA | Jasmonic acid |
| TEs | Transposable elements |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| GS | Genome selection |