The article Sucrose affects the developmental transition of rhizomes in Oryza longistaminata, written by Kanako Bessho-Uehara, Jovano Erris Nugroho, Hirono Kondo, Rosalyn B. Angeles-Shim, Motoyuki Ashikari, was originally published electronically on the publisher's internet portal (currently SpringerLink) on 8 May 2018 without open access.