Frank Kalungi1
Julius Mulindwa2
Samwel Kariuki Muiruri3
Valentine Otang Ntui3
Abubakar Sadik Mustafa4
Priver Bwesigye Namanya1
Jerome Kubiriba1
Leena Tripathi3
Alex Barekye1
Jimmy Moses Tindamanyire1*†- 1National Agricultural Research Laboratories, National Agricultural Research Organisation, Kampala, Uganda
- 2Department of Biochemistry and Systems Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- 3International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nairobi, Kenya
- 4Department of Plant Sciences, Microbiology and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
By Kalungi F, Mulindwa J, Muiruri SK, Ntui VO, Mustafa AS, Namanya PB, Kubiriba J, Tripathi L, Barekye A and Tindamanyire JM (2025) Front. Plant Sci. 16:1677409. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1677409
Samwel Kariuki Muiruri, Valentine O. Ntui and Leena Tripathi were omitted as authors in the published article. The correct author list reads: “Frank Kalungi, Julius Mulindwa, Samwel Kariuki Muiruri, Valentine O. Ntui, Abubakar Sadik Mustafa, Priver Bwesigye Namanya, Jerome Kubiriba, Leena Tripathi, Alex Barekye and Jimmy Moses Tindamanyire”. The affiliation “International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nairobi, Kenya” has been included as affiliation 3.
The Author Contributions Statement has been corrected to read:
“FK: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal Analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing. JM: Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing. SM: Perform sequencing & Data Analysis. VN: Construct Preparation, Supervision. AM: Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing. PN: Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing –review & editing. JK: Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing. LT: Methodology, Sequencing and Data Analysis, Supervision. AB: Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing. JT: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing.”
The original version of this article has been updated.
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Keywords: CRISPR/Cas9, Banana, PDS, Genome-editing, Carotenoids, Nakitembe, guide-RNA
Citation: Kalungi F, Mulindwa J, Muiruri SK, Ntui VO, Mustafa AS, Namanya PB, Kubiriba J, Tripathi L, Barekye A and Tindamanyire JM (2026) Correction: Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing of phytoene desaturase in Musa-AAA: a critical step for genetic improvement of East African highland bananas. Front. Plant Sci. 17:1737693. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2026.1737693
Received: 02 November 2025; Accepted: 13 January 2026;
Published: 29 January 2026.
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†Present address: Jimmy Moses Tindamanyire, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda