This article is a correction to:
Could microalgae offer promising options for climate action via their agri-food applications?
Jules Siedenburg1,2*- 1School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
- 2Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development, Norwich, United Kingdom
A corrigendum on
Could microalgae offer promising options for climate action via their agrifood applications?
by Siedenburg, J. (2022). Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 6:976946. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.976946
In the published article, there was an error in Table 4 as published. In row 2 of this table on ‘organic onions’, the citation was displayed as “Cordeiro E. C. et al., 2022; Cordeiro M. R. C. et al., 2022”. The correct citation is “Cordeiro, E. C. et al., 2022”. The corrected Table 4 appears below.
TABLE 4
Table 4. Efficacy of microalgae-based biofertilizers on crops.
In the published article, there was an error in Table 5 as published. The final row of this table on ‘watercress, wheat’ included incorrect percentages, though these did not change the pertinence of the source cited. This text read “Two microalgae biostimulants boosted growth of watercress (77-238%) and wheat (70-98%)”. It should read “Two microalgae biostimulants boosted germination of watercress by 48–175% and of wheat by 84–98%.” The corrected Table 5 appears below.
TABLE 5
Table 5. Efficacy of microalgae-based biostimulants on crops.
In the published article, there was an error in Table 6 as published. In row 4 concerning ‘water stress’, the impact of biostimulants on well-watered plants was mistakenly overstated. The relevant text reads “On well-watered plants biostimulants more than doubled root length, leaf number and leaf area…”. It should read “On well-watered plants biostimulants significantly boosted root length, leaf number and leaf area…”. The corrected Table 6 appears below.
TABLE 6
Table 6. Examples of studies that explored aspects of these technologies pertinent to climate resilience.
The authors apologize for these errors and state that they do not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way.
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Keywords: climate change, food supply, small-scale farmers, agri-food technologies, future foods, microalgae, climate resilience, climate change mitigation
Citation: Siedenburg J (2023) Corrigendum: Could microalgae offer promising options for climate action via their agri-food applications? Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 7:1182995. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1182995
Received: 09 March 2023; Accepted: 13 March 2023;
Published: 04 April 2023.
Edited and reviewed by: Liming Ye, Ghent University, Belgium
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*Correspondence: Jules Siedenburg, j.siedenburg@uea.ac.uk