| Acronym | Meaning |
| HRAC | Herbicide Resistance Action Committee |
| GAIN | Global Agricultural Information Network |
| EDGAR | Electronic Data Gathering |
| SSOP | Sequence Specific Oligonucleotide Probe |
| POM | Particulate Organic Matter |
| GIXAS | Grazing Incidence X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy |
| AIM | Atoms In Molecules Method |
| ZRPA | Zero-radius Potential Approximation |
| MESIP | Modeling Environmental Scenarios In Ponds |
| MIGS | Metal-induced Gap State |