Erratum to: J Plant Res (2010) 123:701–706 DOI 10.1007/s10265-010-0321-x

In the original publication, the corresponding author had mistakenly included Kumiko K. Imai in the author group. However, the author would like to mention the contribution of Kumiko K. Imai in the acknowledgment.

The revised author group and acknowledgment should appear as below:

Kaori Sako · Yuko Maki · Takashi Aoyama · Derek B. Goto · Junji Yamaguchi