Editorial note to: Planta (2008) 227:1187–1197 DOI 10.1007/s00425-008-0689-1

Upon publication of the above-mentioned paper, we regretfully became aware that Professor Hamako Sasamoto, who is listed as one of the coauthors of this work, was not afforded the required opportunity to know about this manuscript, or to comment about its content. This omission constitutes unauthorized and inappropriate use of Professor Sasamoto’s name and is a clear violation of Planta’s express instruction to corresponding authors that “Submission of a manuscript implies that its publication has been approved by all coauthors.”