Correction to: Plant Soil

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-017-3398-3

The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. Figures 2 and 3 were published erroneously.

Fig. 2
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Effects of the treatments on maize aboveground biomass, leaf %N and C/N. Treatments names are explained in Fig. 1a. The values are means plus/minus one standard error of the mean. Different letters show significant differences between treatments (ANOVA followed by a Newman and Keuls test, P < 0.05)

Fig. 3
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Effects of the treatments on maize total, lateral and first order root length density. Treatments names are explained in Fig. 1a. The values are means plus/minus one standard error of the mean. Different letters show significant differences between treatments (ANOVA followed by a Newman and Keuls test, P < 0.05)

Figures have now been corrected.