1 Retraction Note to: Hort. Environ. Biotechnol. 54(4):364–371. 2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13580-013-0059-1

The authors are retracting this article (Cho et al., 2013). After publication the authors became aware that the article contains errors in the reporting and interpretation of data, and consequently, the conclusions drawn are not valid. Hae Ryong Cho is deceased; all other authors agree with this retraction.