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CORRECTION article

Front. Plant Sci., 26 September 2025

Sec. Plant Physiology

Volume 16 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1697035

Correction: Aeroponics enables consistent cutting propagation of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa): impacts of photoperiod, cultivar, and rooting hormone

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  1. Aeroponics enables consistent cutting propagation of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa): impacts of photoperiod, cultivar, and rooting hormone

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Mengzi ZhangMengzi Zhang1Cynthia MontanezCynthia Montanez1Brian J. PearsonBrian J. Pearson2Yuncong LiYuncong Li3Jianjun Chen*Jianjun Chen1*
  • 1Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Environmental Horticulture Department, University of Florida, Apopka, FL, United States
  • 2Mid-Columbia Agricultural Research and Extension Center, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Hood River, OR, United States
  • 3Tropical Research and Education Center, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Florida, Homestead, FL, United States

A Correction on
Aeroponics enables consistent cutting propagation of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa): impacts of photoperiod, cultivar, and rooting hormone

By Zhang M, Montanez C, Pearson BJ, Li Y and Chen J (2025) Front. Plant Sci. 16:1650327. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1650327

There was a mistake in Figure 4’s X-axis label as published. “Weeks after cuttings were rooted solutions” has been corrected to “Weeks after cuttings were rooted in solutions”. The corrected Figure 4 appears below.

Figure 4
Line graph showing root numbers over six weeks for different treatments: Water and Hormone for MR-Malaysian, DR-Bumblebee, and Hawaii. MR-Malaysian treatments have higher root numbers, reaching up to eleven, followed by DR-Bumblebee and Hawaii.

Figure 4. Weekly average root number of three Mitragyna speciosa cultivars (MR-Malaysian, Hawaii, and DR-Bumblebee), with (hormone-) or without (water-) rooting hormone treatment, in Study II.

There was a mistake in Figure 2. The drawn image of the aeroponic unit has been updated. The corrected Figure 2 appears below.

Figure 2
Diagram and photos show an aeroponic system. (A) Illustration of components including foam collar, humidity dome, misting spray heads, pump, air cooling system, airflow, and water reservoir. (B) and (C) Photos of aeroponic units with clear domes and visible plant growth, positioned on a table.

Figure 2. Aeroponic units used in the rooting of Mitragyna speciosa stem cuttings. An illustration of the aeroponic unit (A). The setup of aeroponic units indoors for Study I (B) and Study II (C) experiments.

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Keywords: controlled environment, genotype, hydroponic, medicinal crops, root morphology, root scanning

Citation: Zhang M, Montanez C, Pearson BJ, Li Y and Chen J (2025) Correction: Aeroponics enables consistent cutting propagation of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa): impacts of photoperiod, cultivar, and rooting hormone. Front. Plant Sci. 16:1697035. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1697035

Received: 01 September 2025; Accepted: 02 September 2025;
Published: 26 September 2025.

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