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. 2023 Jan 31;12(2):224. doi: 10.3390/biology12020224

Correction: Youssef et al. Foliar Spray or Soil Drench: Microalgae Application Impacts on Soil Microbiology, Morpho-Physiological and Biochemical Responses, Oil and Fatty Acid Profiles of Chia Plants under Alkaline Stress. Biology 2022, 11, 1844

Samah M Youssef 1,*, Rasha S El-Serafy 2,*, Kholoud Z Ghanem 3, Abeer Elhakem 4, Azza A Abdel Aal 5
PMCID: PMC9890913  PMID: 36829613

Text Correction

There were three errors in the original publication [1]. ** By mistake, we copied them from another study that we are currently testing **.

1. continuous illumination (16/8 h light/dark, 2000 lux)

2. 10,700× g RCF.

3. and dried overnight in a dry oven at 100 °C

A correction has been made to Section 2.3. Microorganisms Source and Culture:

The cultures were incubated in a growth chamber under continuous illumination (24 h light, 2000 lux) and a temperature of 25 °C ± 2 °C for all strains except the mesophilic alga A. platensis, which was grown at 35 °C ± 2 °C. After 30 days of incubation, the algal suspension was used for the field experiments. To determine algal biomass, 100 mL of the algal culture was taken after 30 days of incubation, centrifuged at 10,000 rpm for 10 min, and the supernatant was discarded. The pellet was centrifuged for 10 min at 10,000 rpm after passing through three phases of resuspension in distilled water to wash it. The cleaned pellet was weighed, air dried; then, the dry weight was recorded and calculated as g/L. For the field experiments, 1 g/L of dried algal biomass was used.

The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.

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  • 1.Youssef S.M., El-Serafy R.S., Ghanem K.Z., Elhakem A., Abdel Aal A.A. Foliar Spray or Soil Drench: Microalgae Application Impacts on Soil Microbiology, Morpho-Physiological and Biochemical Responses, Oil and Fatty Acid Profiles of Chia Plants under Alkaline Stress. Biology. 2022;11:1844. doi: 10.3390/biology11121844. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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