The following is a list of 814 gene symbols used throughout this database. Use this list to aid in the naming of new genes that you discover.
| Gene Symbol | Meaning |
| a | anthocyaninless |
| aaa | adenosylmethionine aminotransferase |
| aap | acylaminoacyl-peptidase |
| aba | abscisic stress protein |
| abbt | aberrant seedling |
| abc | ABC (yeast) |
| abp | auxin binding protein |
| abph | aberrant phyllotaxy |
| abs | abnormal stomates |
| acc | acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase |
| aco | aconitase |
| acp | acid phosphatase |
| acpt | acyl carrier protein |
| ad | adherent |
| ada | adherent anthers |
| adf | actin depolymerizing factor |
| adh | alcohol dehydrogenase |
| adk | adenylate kinase |
| adr | alcohol dehydrogenase regulator |
| ae | amylose extender |
| aec | aminoethyl-L-cysteine resistant |
| afd | absence of first division |
| agp | ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase |
| agt | agravitropic |
| ahh | adenosyl homocysteine hydrolase |
| aic | auxin import carrier |
| aip | auxin induced protein |
| akh | aspartate kinase-homoserine dehydrogenase |
| al | albescent plant |
| ald | aldolase |
| alh1 | aldolase histone |
| alm | aluminum tolerance |
| alp | aluminum-induced protein |
| als | acetolactate synthase |
| alt | L-alanine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase |
| am | ameiotic |
| amo | amine oxidase |
| amp | aminopeptidase |
| amy | amylase |
| an | anther ear |
| anl | anthocyaninless lethal |
| anr | anthocyanin regulator |
| ans | anthranilate synthase homolog |
| ant | adenine nucleotide translocator |
| aph | aphid resistance |
| app | abnormal phragmoplast formation |
| apx | ascorbate peroxidase |
| ar | argentia |
| arf | ADP-ribosylation factor |
| as | asynaptic |
| ask | aspartate kinase |
| asn | Zea asparagine synthetase |
| asp | absence of meiotic spindle |
| asr | absence of seminal roots |
| atc | anthocyanin |
| atn | anaerobic tolerant null |
| atp | ATPase |
| ats | atrazine susceptible |
| b | colored plant |
| ba | barren stalk |
| baf | barren stalk fastigate |
| bap | basal layer antifungal protein |
| bas | beta alanine synthase |
| bd | branched silkless |
| ben | bentazon resistance |
| bet | glycinebetaine |
| betl | basal endosperm transfer layer |
| bf | blue flourescent |
| bgaf | beta glucosidase aggregating factor |
| bif | barren influorescence |
| bip | BiP |
| bk | brittle stalk |
| bl | blotched |
| blc | bilateral coleoptile |
| blh | bleached |
| blk | bladekiller |
| blmb | bleached midrib |
| bm | brown midrib |
| bn | brown aleurone |
| bnk | brown kernel |
| br | brachytic |
| brn | brown kernel |
| brt | brown roots |
| bs | barren sterile |
| bsd | bundle sheath defective |
| bss | bundle sheath strands specific |
| bt | brittle endosperm |
| btn | brittle node |
| bu | leaf burn |
| bv | brevis plant |
| bx | benzoaxin |
| bz | bronze |
| c | colored aleurone |
| caat | CAAT box binding protein |
| cah | carbonic anhydrase |
| cal | calmodulin |
| cap | calcium pump |
| car | cold acclimation response |
| cas | cycloartenol synthase |
| cat | catalase |
| cax | calcium exchanger |
| cb | crossbanded |
| cbp | calmodulin binding protein |
| ccr | cytochrome c reductase |
| cdc | cell division control |
| cdh | cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase |
| cdj | chaperone DNA J |
| cdpk | calcium-dependent protein kinase |
| cen | centromere |
| cesa | cellulose synthase |
| cfl | complementary to fl |
| cfr | coupling factor |
| cg | corngrass |
| cgl | Colletotrichum graminicola resistance |
| cgs | cystathionine gamma-synthase |
| cgx | chloroplast gene expression |
| ch | chocolate pericarp |
| chd | chromatin remodeling complex subunit D |
| chi | chalcone flavanone isomerase |
| chn | chitinase |
| chs | chitin synthase |
| cif | cross-incompatibility (female) |
| cim | cross-incompatibility (male) |
| ck | casein kinase |
| cko | cytokinin oxidase |
| cks | CMP-KDO synthetase |
| cl | chlorophyll |
| cla | colorless aleurone |
| clb | club tassel |
| cld | cold regulated protein homolog |
| clf | colorless floury |
| clh | histone lc |
| clm | cl modifier |
| clp | CLP protease |
| clt | clumped tassel |
| clx | calnexin |
| cm | chloroplast modifier |
| cmpt | compressed top |
| cms | cytoplasmic male sterility |
| cmt | cyanidin MRP transporter |
| cncr | cinnamoyl CoA reductase |
| cop | coatomer protein |
| cox | cytochrome c oxidase |
| cp | collapsed kernel |
| cpc | clear patches |
| cpn | chaperonin |
| cps | chloroplast protein synthesis |
| cpx | coproporphyrinogen III oxidase |
| cr | crinkly leaves |
| crp | chloroplast RNA processing |
| crr | cytokinin response regulator |
| crs | chloroplast RNA splicing |
| crt | calreticulin |
| csp | white spot |
| csr | chloroplast srp receptor |
| ct | compact plant |
| cta | chitinase A |
| ctb | chitinase B |
| ctn | caltractin |
| cto | cob turned out |
| cts | citrate synthase |
| cx | catechol oxidase |
| cyc | cyclin |
| cyp | cytochrome P450 |
| cys | cysteine synthase |
| czog | cis-zeatin O-glucosyltransferase |
| d | dwarf |
| da | dilute aleurone |
| dap | dappled aleurone |
| dar | monodehydroascorbate reductase |
| dba | DNA binding activity |
| dcd | discordia |
| dcr | defective crown |
| de | defective endosperm |
| dek | defective kernel |
| dep | defective pistils |
| des | defective seedling |
| dge | dark green erect |
| dgr | distorted growth |
| dhn | dehydrin |
| dia | diaphorase |
| dib | dichotomously branched |
| dil | dilute aleurone |
| dis | distichous tassel |
| dla | dihydrolipoamide S-acetyltransferase |
| dlf | delayed flowering |
| dmt | DNA methyl transferase |
| dnj | defective navajo |
| dnp | diphosphonucleotide phosphatase |
| dnt | dent |
| dof | DNA binding with one finger |
| dp | distal pale |
| dps | dihydrodipicolinate synthase |
| dsc | discolored kernel |
| dst | distorted |
| dsy | desynaptic |
| dts | aspartyl-tRNA synthetase |
| du | dull endosperm |
| dv | divergent spindle |
| dy | desynaptic |
| dzr | delta zein regulator |
| dzs | delta zein structure |
| e | esterase |
| ech | enoyl-CoA hydratase |
| eg | expanded glumes |
| eif | elongation initiation factor |
| eks | ent-kaurene synthase |
| el | elongate |
| elf | elongation factor |
| emb | embryo specific |
| embp | EM binding protein |
| emp | empty pericarp |
| end | early nodulin |
| eno | enolase |
| enp | endopeptidase |
| eoh | E. coli orgin of replication |
| epc | early phase change |
| eps | enolpyruvylshikimate phosphate synthase |
| erl | early |
| ers | enhancer of rough sheath |
| esp | embryo specific protein |
| esr | embryo surrounding region |
| et | etched |
| exg | exoglucanase |
| expa | alpha expansin |
| expb | beta expansin |
| f | fine stripe |
| fab | fatty acid biosynthesis |
| fad | fatty acid desaturase |
| fae | fasciated ear |
| fas | fascicled ear |
| fat | fatty acyl thioesterase |
| fbn | fibrillin |
| fbr | few-branched |
| fcr | ferric-chelate reductase (NADH) |
| fd | faded |
| fdh | formaldehyde dehydrogenase |
| fdl | fused leaves |
| fdx | ferredoxin |
| fer | ferritin |
| ffa | free fatty acid |
| fgp | folylpolyglutamate synthetase |
| fgs | ferredoxin-dependent glutamate synthase |
| fht | flavanone 3-hydroxylase |
| fl | floury endosperm |
| flk | flecked |
| fnr | ferredoxin NADP reductase |
| fop | frequency of paramutation |
| fps | farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase |
| frz | frazzled |
| ftr | ferredoxin-thioredoxin |
| fus | fusca |
| fz | frizzled |
| g | golden plant |
| ga | gametophyte factor |
| gams | gametophytic male sterile |
| gap | Golgi associated protein |
| gar | gibberellin responsive |
| gbf | G-box binding factor |
| gbp | GTP binding protein |
| gcb | GC binding protein |
| gcsh | glycine cleavage system protein H |
| gdcp | glycine decarboxylase |
| gdh | glutamic dehydrogenase |
| geb | glucan endo-1,3-beta-glucosidase |
| geo | geotropism |
| gfa | glucosamine fructose-6-phosphate aminotransferase |
| gl | glossy |
| glb | globulin |
| gld | gnarled |
| gln | glutamine synthetase |
| glnec | glossy necrotic |
| glu | beta-glucosidase |
| gly | glycine |
| gm | germless |
| gn | gnarly |
| gol | goliath |
| gos | GOS2 |
| got | glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase |
| gpa | glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| gpb | glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase B |
| gpc | glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase C |
| gpdh | glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| gpn | glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehygrogenase N |
| gpt | glucose 6-phosphate/phosphate translocator |
| grf | general regulatory factor |
| grp | glycine-rich protein |
| grt | green tip |
| grx | glutaredoxin |
| gs | green stripe |
| gsf | gynomonoecious |
| gsr | glutathione reductase |
| gss | starch synthase |
| gst | glutathione S-transferase |
| gt | grassy tillers |
| gtl | gritty leaf |
| gtr | glutamyl-tRNA reductase |
| gzr | gamma zein modifier |
| gzs | Gibberella zea silk mediated resistance |
| h | soft starch |
| hat | histone acetyltransferase |
| hb | hemoglobin |
| hcf | high chlorophyll fluorescence |
| had | histone deacetylase |
| hex | hexokinase |
| hfi | corn-activated Hageman factor inhibitor |
| hie | high ear |
| hir | hypersenstive induced response |
| his1a | histone 1a |
| his2a | histone 2a |
| his2b | histone 2b |
| hm | Helminthosporium carbonum susceptibility |
| hmg | high mobility group protein |
| hmp | humpback |
| hox | homeobox |
| hp | histidine-containing phosphotransfer protein |
| hrg | hydroxyproline rich glycoprotein |
| hs | hairy sheath |
| hsbp | herbicide safener binding protein |
| hscf | heat shock complementing factor |
| hsf | hairy sheath frayed |
| hsk | high-sulfur keratin |
| hsp | heat shock protein |
| hstf | heat shock transcription factor |
| ht | Helminthosporium turcicum resistance |
| htm | Exserohilum turcicum Mayorbela resistance |
| htn | Helminthosporium turcicum resistance |
| htz | high tryptophan zein |
| hvp | human viral protein |
| hyp | hybrid proline-rich protein |
| iaglu | indol-3-ylacetyl glucosyl transferase |
| ibp | initiator binding protein |
| id | indeterminate growth |
| idc | iron deficiency candidate |
| idh | isocitrate dehydrogenase |
| ids | indeterminate spikelet |
| ifa | indeterminate floral apex |
| ig | indeterminate gametophyte |
| ij | iojap striping |
| ijmos | iojap mosaic |
| imd | isopropylmalate dehydrogenase |
| imp | importin |
| in | intensifier |
| inc | inclination |
| incw | cell wall invertase |
| inr | inhibitor of R |
| irl | isoflavone reductase-like |
| is | cupulate interspace |
| isp | iron-sulfur protein |
| isr | inhibitor of striate |
| ivr | invertase |
| j | japonica striping |
| kcbp | kinesin-like calmodulin binding protein |
| kik | kinase interacting kinase |
| kin | knotted1 induced |
| kn | knotted |
| knox | knotted related homeobox |
| kpp | kinase associated protein phosphatase |
| kri | ketol-acid reductoisomerase |
| l | luteus |
| la | lazy plant |
| lac | lachrima |
| lbl | leaf bladeless |
| lc | red leaf color |
| lcm | similarity to lc at marbled |
| lcs | thylakoid membrane polypeptide |
| ldp | luminidependens protein |
| lep | leopard spotting |
| les | lesion |
| lfy | leafy |
| lg | liguleless |
| lhc | light harvesting complex |
| li | lineate leaves |
| lil | lilliputian |
| lkrsdh | lysine-ketoglutarate reductase/saccharopine dehydrogenase |
| ll | lethal |
| lld | lethal dwarf |
| lls | lethal leaf spot |
| lm | lemon aleurone |
| ln | linoleic acid |
| lnec | luteus necrotic |
| lo | lethal ovule |
| loc | low oil content in kernel |
| lon | LON peptidase |
| lop | lo1 p1 allergen |
| lox | lipoxygenase |
| lp | lethal pollen |
| lpa | low phytic acid |
| lpe | leaf permease |
| lpr | large primary root |
| lrt | lateral rootless |
| lsp | loose pericarp |
| ltk | leucine-rich transmembrane protein kinase |
| lty | light yellow endosperm |
| lu | lutescent |
| lw | lemon white |
| lxm | lax midrib |
| mac | multiple archesporial cells |
| mads | MADS |
| maf | MPF1 attachment factor |
| mas | malate synthase |
| mat | maturase |
| mbf | multi-protein bridging factor |
| mc | mucronate |
| mch | maize CRY1 homolog |
| mct | modifier of cox2 transcripts |
| mde | mouse DNA EBV homolog |
| mdh | malate dehydrogenase |
| mdm | maize dwarf mosaic virus resistance |
| mdr | maternal derepression of R |
| me | NADP malic enzyme |
| mei | meiosis |
| mek | MEK |
| mel | maternal effect lethal |
| mep | modifier of embryo protein |
| mfs | male flower specific |
| mg | miniature germ |
| mgs | male gametophyte specific |
| mha | membrane H(+)-ATPase |
| mhl | macrohairless |
| mip | major intrinsic membrane protein |
| mir | maize insect resistance |
| mlg | lea protein group |
| mlip | maize low temperature-induced protein |
| mmm | modifier of mitochondrial malate dehydrogenases |
| mn | miniature seed |
| mop | modifier of paramutation |
| mpk | MAP kinase |
| mpl | miniplant |
| mpt | mitochondrial phosphate transporter |
| mrl | midribless |
| mrp | Myb related protein |
| ms | male sterile |
| msc | mosaic |
| msf | mRNA splicing factor |
| msh | male sterile homolog |
| mss | MSS1 homolog |
| mssi | male sterile silky |
| mst | modifier of R1-st1 |
| msv | maize streak virus tolerance |
| mt | mottled plant |
| mta | ribosomal protein |
| mthr | methionine synthase |
| mtl | metallothionein |
| mtr | methyltryptophan resistant |
| mv | resistance to maize mosaic virus |
| myg | maternal yellow-green |
| na | nana plant |
| nac | NaCl stress protein |
| nad | NADH ubiquinone oxidoreductase |
| nat | N-acetyl transferase |
| nbp | nucleic acid binding protein |
| nc | near colorless |
| ncsr | necrotic streaks |
| ndh | non-dehiscent |
| ndk | nucleotide diphosphate kinase |
| ndt | needletip |
| nec | necrotic |
| nii | nitrite reductase |
| nip | NOD26-like membrane intrinsic protein |
| nj | navajo |
| nl | narrow leaf |
| nld | narrow leaf dwarf |
| nnr | nitrate reductase (NADH) |
| nrt | nitrate transport |
| nrx | nucleoredoxin |
| ns | narrow sheath |
| nsf | nicosulfuron susceptible |
| ntf | nuclear transport factor |
| o | opaque endosperm |
| obf | octopine synthase binding factor |
| ocl | outer cell layer |
| oec | oxygen evolving complex |
| og | old gold stripe |
| ohp | opaque2 hterodimerizing protein |
| olc | oleic acid content |
| ole | oleosin |
| ora | orange endosperm |
| oro | orobanche |
| orp | orange pericarp |
| os | opaque-endosperm, small germ |
| ost | oligosaccharide transferase |
| oy | oil yellow |
| p | pericarp color |
| pa | pale aleurone |
| pal | phenylalanine ammonia lyase |
| pam | plural abnormalities of meiosis |
| parp | poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase |
| pb | piebald leaves |
| pbf | prolamin-box binding factor |
| pbp | promoter binding protein |
| pck | phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase |
| pcna | proliferating cell nuclear antigen |
| pcr | protochlorophyllide reductase |
| pd | paired rows |
| pdc | pyruvate decarboxylase |
| pdf | thylakoid membrane polypeptide |
| pdh | pyruvate dehydrogenase |
| pdi | protein disulfide isomerase |
| pdk | pyruvate, orthophosphate dikinase |
| pdlk | pyruvate dehydrogenase (lipoamide) kinase |
| pds | phytoene desaturase |
| pe | perennialism |
| pep | phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase |
| pet | photosynthetic electron transport |
| pex | pollen extensin-like |
| pfk | phosphofructose kinase |
| pg | pale green |
| pgd | 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase |
| pgl | polygalacturonase |
| pglf | pale green leaf edge |
| pgm | phosphoglucomutase |
| pgnc | pale green necrotic |
| pgsm | pale green small |
| pgty | pale green tiny |
| pgv | pale green virescent |
| ph | pith abscission |
| phb | prohibitin |
| phi | phosphohexose isomerase |
| pho | phosphate regulatory homolog |
| php | chloroplast phosphoprotein |
| phy | phytochrome |
| phys | phytase |
| pi | pistillate florets |
| piip | physical impedance induced protein |
| pip | plasma membrane intrinsic protein |
| pk | protein kinase |
| pki | protein kinase inhibitor |
| pks | polyketide synthesis |
| pl | purple plant |
| pld | phospholipase D |
| ploc | plastocyanin homolog |
| pls | phospholipid synthesis |
| plt | phospholipid transfer protein |
| pm | pale midrib |
| pme | pectin methylesterase |
| pmg | phosphoglycerate mutase |
| pn | papyrescent glumes |
| po | polymitotic |
| pop | organelle permease |
| por | porin |
| pox | fowlpox viral protein |
| ppg | pale palegreen |
| ppi | peptidyl-prolyl isomerase |
| ppo | polyphenol oxidase |
| ppp | pyrophosphate-energized proton pump |
| pr | red aleurone |
| prc | proteasome component |
| pre | premature senescence |
| prf | prolifin |
| prg | pitted rough germless |
| prh | protein phosphatase |
| pro | proline responding |
| prp | pathogenesis-related protein1 |
| prpo | protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase |
| prr | putidaredoxin reductase |
| ps | pink scutellum |
| psa | photosystem I |
| psb | photosystem II |
| psei | cystatin |
| psl | position shift locus |
| psy | phytoene synthase |
| pt | polytypic ear |
| ptc | patches |
| ptd | pitted endosperm |
| ptk | protein kinase |
| pur | pollen ubiquitin regulator |
| px | peroxidase |
| py | pygmy plant |
| pyg | pale yellow green |
| r | colored |
| ra | ramosa |
| rab | responsive to abscisic acid |
| rac | RAC GTPase |
| rad | RAD DNA repair protein |
| ras | ras related protein |
| rbap | WD-repeat protein |
| rca | RUBISCO activase |
| rcm | rectifier |
| rcp | root cap protein |
| rcu | receptor of Fcu |
| rd | reduced plant |
| rDt | receptor of dotted |
| rea | red embryonic axis |
| ref | reduced floury endosperm |
| rem | recessive enhancer of maysin |
| ren | reduced endosperm |
| rf | restorer of fertility |
| rfa | replication factor A |
| rfz | rat frizzled |
| rg | ragged leaves |
| rgd | ragged seedling |
| rgh | rough kernel |
| rgo | reversed germ orientation |
| rhm | resistance to Helminthosporium maydis |
| ri | rind abscission |
| rip | ribosome-inactivating protein |
| ris | iron-sulfur protein |
| rlc | rindless culm |
| rld | rolled leaf |
| rli | rough lineate |
| rmr | required to maintain repression |
| rnp | RNA binding protein |
| roa | replication origin activator |
| rp | resistance to Puccinia sorghi |
| rpd | RPD3 histone deacetylase |
| rph | RNase PH |
| rpl | ribosomal protein L |
| rpo | RNA polymerase II |
| rpp | acidic ribosomal protein |
| rps | ribosomal protein S |
| rrb | related to retinoblastoma |
| rs | rough sheath |
| rt | rootless |
| rtcs | root deficient |
| rth | roothair defective |
| ruq | receptor of Uq |
| rxo | reaction to X. oryzae |
| sad | shikimate dehydrogenase |
| saf | safener induced |
| sam | S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase |
| saur | small auxin up RNA |
| sbd | sunburned |
| sbe | starch branching enzyme |
| sbip | small basic membrane intrinsic protein |
| sbp | SBP-domain protein |
| sc | self-color |
| sca | short chain alcohol dehydrogenase |
| scl | scarecrow-like |
| scm | self-colored marbled |
| scmv | resistance to sugarcane mosaic virus |
| scr | scarred |
| sdh | sorbitol dehydrogenase |
| sdw | semi dwarf plant |
| se | sugary-enhancer |
| sed | senescence-diminished |
| see | senescence-enhanced |
| sem | semaphore |
| sen | soft endosperm |
| ser | seryl-tRNA synthetase |
| serk | somatic embryogenesis receptor-like kinase |
| sfb | SF1 binding protein |
| sft | small flint type |
| sg | string cob |
| sgsp | single spike |
| sh | shrunken |
| shbp | sedoheptulose bisphosphatase |
| shlr | short lateral roots |
| shp | short plant |
| shr | shredded leaf |
| sht | susceptible to H. turcicum |
| shv | shriveled |
| si | silky |
| sip | stress-induced protein |
| sk | silkless ears |
| skb | suppressor of kernel blotching |
| sks | suppressor of KYS sterility |
| sl | slashed leaves |
| sm | salmon silk |
| smd | suppressor of meotic drive |
| smk | small kernel |
| sml | shoot meristemless |
| smp | small plant |
| sms | small seedling |
| smt | sterol methyltransferase |
| sn | scutellar node color |
| sod | superoxide dismutase |
| spc | speckled |
| spem | sporophytic enhancer of mel |
| spk | speckled kernel |
| spp | sucrose-phosphatase |
| spr | signal recognition particle receptor |
| sps | sucrose phosphate synthase |
| spt | spotted |
| sqs | squalene synthase |
| sr | striate leaves |
| srk | S-receptor kinase |
| ssl | slow second leaf |
| ssu | RUBISCO small subunit |
| st | sticky chromosome |
| stac | stabilized activator |
| stb | stubby |
| stf | stiff |
| stg | stay green |
| stk | streaked |
| stm | stomatin |
| stp | sugar transport |
| su | sugary |
| sum | siroheme uroporphyrinogen methyltransferase |
| sup | suppressor |
| sur | sulfonylurea herbicide response |
| sus | sucrose synthase |
| sut | sucrose transporter |
| sw | Stewart's wilt resistance |
| sxd | sucrose export defective |
| sy | yellow scutellum |
| ta | transaminase |
| taf | transcription associated factor |
| tan | tangled |
| tap | translocon-associated protein |
| tb | teosinte branched |
| tbp | TATA-binding protein |
| tcb | teosinte crossing barrier |
| tct | translationally controlled tumor |
| td | thick tassel dwarf |
| te | terminal ear |
| tga | teosinte glume architecture |
| tgd | dTDP-glucose dehydratase |
| tha | thylakoid assembly |
| thc | thiocarbamate sensitive |
| thi | thiamine biosynthesis |
| thl | thiolase |
| thp | thiol protease |
| thr | threonine synthase |
| tif | translation initiation factor |
| tip | tonoplast intrinsic protein |
| tl | tasselless |
| tlk | tousled protein kinase |
| tlr | tillered |
| tm | transmembrane protein |
| tnp | transposase |
| toc | translocon at outer membrane of chloroplast |
| tola | tola protein |
| tp | teopod |
| tpase | transposase of Ac |
| tpi | triose phosphatase isomerase |
| tpm | thylakoid peptide modifier |
| tpt | triose phosphate translocator |
| tr | two-ranked ear |
| trap | transposon associated protein |
| trg | trigonelline |
| trh | thioredoxin h |
| trm | thioredoxin M |
| trn | torn |
| trnl | mitochondrial tRNA |
| trp | tryptophan synthase |
| tru | tassels replace upper ears |
| ts | tassel seed |
| tsc | tar spot complex |
| tsh | tassel sheath |
| tu | tunicate |
| tua | alpha tubulin |
| tub | beta tubulin |
| tubg | gamma tubulin |
| tus | tufted silky |
| ty | tiny plant |
| ub | unbranched |
| ubi | ubiquitin |
| uce | ubiquitin conjugating enzyme |
| uck | UMP/CMP kinase |
| ufo | unstable factor for orange |
| ugp | UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase |
| ugu | UTP-glucose-P-uridyltransferase |
| uro | urmodulin |
| v | virescent |
| va | variable sterile |
| vg | vestigal glume |
| vms | virescent mosaic |
| vp | viviparous |
| vpp | vacuolar proton pump |
| vsr | virescent striped |
| w | white seedling |
| wab | waxy auricles in blades |
| wc | white cap |
| wgs | white green sectors |
| whm | white margin |
| whp | white pollen |
| wi | wilted |
| wip | wound inducible protein |
| wl | white luteus |
| wlv | white leaf-virescent |
| wr | wrinkled kernel |
| wrp | wrinkled plant |
| wrt | wrinkled top |
| ws | white sheath |
| wsm | wheat streak mosaic virus resistance |
| wsp | weak streaked plant |
| wst | white stripe |
| wt | white tip |
| wx | waxy |
| wyg | white yellow green seedling |
| x | putative transcription factor |
| xcl | extra cell layers |
| xet | xyloglucan endotransglycosylase |
| xyl | xylanase |
| y | yellow endosperm |
| yd | yellow dwarf |
| yel | yellow seedling |
| yg | yellow green |
| ygzb | yellow green zebra |
| ys | yellow stripe |
| ysk | yellow streak |
| zag | Zea agamous homolog |
| zap | Zea apetaia homolog |
| zb | zebra crossbands |
| zcef | Zea CEFD |
| zds | zeta carotene desaturase |
| zem | Zea endosperm MADS box |
| zfl | Zea floricula leafy |
| zg | zig-zag |
| zim | Zea IM30 protein homolog |
| zlp | zeamatin-like protein |
| zmh | Zea mouse H58 homolog |
| zmm | Zea mays MADS |
| zms | Zea male sterile protein |
| zn | zebra necrotic |
| znod | Zea nodulation homolog |
| zp | zein alpha protein |
| zpg | zebra-stripe pale green |
| zpl | zein protein |
| zpu | pullulanase-type starch debranching enzyme |
| zqm | Zea QM1 homolog |
| zrp | Zea root protein |
| zta | Zea TAT binding protein |
