| BSA-Seq | Bulked Segregants Analysis Sequencing |
| RNA-seq | RNA-Sequencing |
| GNPP | Grain Number Per Panicle |
| QTL | Quantitative Trait Locus |
| NGS | Next Generation Sequencing |
| GWAS | Genome-Wide Association Study |
| BSA | Bulked Segregants Analysis |
| DEGs | Differentially Expressed Genes |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia Of Genes And Genomes |
| DEMs | Differentially Enriched Metabolites |
| SAM | Shoot Apical Meristem |
| IM | Inflorescence Meristem |
| LM | Lateral Meristems |
| PRBs | Primary Rachis Branches |
| SRBs | Secondary Rachis Branches |
| CK | Cytokinin |
| ACC | 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylic Acid |
| GA | Gibberellin Acid |
| ABA | Abscisic Acid |
| ET | Ethylene |
| DEP1 | Dense Erect Panicle1 |
| LOG | Lonely Guy |
| PYL | Pyrabactin Resistance-Like |
| QQQ | Triple Quadrupole |
| SNP | Single Nucleotide Polyorphism |
| InDel | Insertion-Deletion |
| LC-MS | Liquid Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| PC1 | Principal Component 1 |
| PC2 | Principal Component 2 |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| FPKM | Fragments Per Kilobase per Millions |
| QC | Quality Control |
| VIP | Variable Importance in the Projection |
| ERB | Early Rice in Bobai |
| ERN | Early Rice in Nanning |
| LRN | Late Rice in Nanning |
| NS | Not Significant |
| CTAB | Hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium Bromid |