## Abbreviations  
The following abbreviations are used in this manuscript: \begin{tabular}{l l} AACT & Acetoctely-CoA thiolase \\ CAR/PDMS & carboxen/polydimethylsiloxane \\ CMK & 4-(cytidine 5\({}^{\prime}\)-diphosphate)-2-C-methyl-d-erythritol kinase \\ DMAPP & dimethylallyl diphosphate \\ DXP & 1-deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate \\ DXR & DXP reductoisomerase \\ DXS & DXP synthase \\ FDS & famdysl diphosphate synthase \\ FPP & farnesyl diphosphate \\ GA-3P & glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate \\ GC & gas chromatography \\ GC/MS & gas chromatography-mass spectrometry \\ GDS & geranyl diphosphate synthase \\ GGPP & geranyl geranyl diphosphate \\ GPP & geranyl diphosphate \\ HDR & (_E_)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut 2-enyl diphosphate reductase \\ HDS & (_E_)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate synthase \\ HMG-CoA & 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA \\ HMGR & HMG-CoA reductase \\ HMGS & HMG-CoA synthase \\ IDI & isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase \\ IPP & isopentenyl diphosphate \\ MCT & 2-C-methyl-d-erythritol 4-phosphate cytidyltransferase \\ MDS & 2-C-methyl-d-erythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate synthase \\ MEP & 2-C-methyl-d-erythritol 4-phosphate \\ MX & mevalonate kinase \\ MVA & mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase \\ MVD & mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase \\ qRT-PCR & quantitative Real-time PCR \\ PMK & phosphomevalonate kinase \\ TPS & terpene synthase \\ \end{tabular}   
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