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Measuring Fluxes of Mineral Nutrients and Toxicants in Plants with Radioactive Tracers
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Correction: Ferdaus et al. Taro Roots: An Underexploited Root Crop. Nutrients 2023, 15, 3337
Md Jannatul Ferdaus1, Ezzine Chukwu-Munsen1, Aline Foguel2
1Family and Consumer Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA.
Nutrients
|July 13, 2024
Summary
This study addresses a correction to a previously published article. The editorial office identified an issue requiring an official notice to readers regarding the original content.
Area of Science:
- Scientific publishing ethics
- Editorial processes
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