Erratum to: Planta (2015) 242:1361–1390 DOI 10.1007/s00425-015-2374-5

The author would like to correct the error in the publication of the original article.

The Acknowledgments section should read as:

This work was supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program, No. 2013AA102705), the National Key Basic Research Program of China (No. 2012CB114500), the National Science Foundation of China (No. 31170619), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents by the Ministry of Education, the Talent Project by Ministry of Science and the Technology and Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions. The authors would like to extend their sincere appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at king Saud University for its funding this Research group (No. RG 1435-014).