Correction to: Molecular characterization of Ecuadorian quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) diversity: implications for conservation and breeding

Due to an unfortunate error of miscommunication, two of the co-authors of this manuscript were omitted from the original publication. The correct representation of the authors and their affiliations are listed here and should be treated as definitive. Juan Salazar¹, Viviana Jaramillo Roman², Bernardo Gutierrez^1,3, Eibertus Nicolaas van Loo², Mari´a de Lourdes Torres¹, Andre´s Francisco Torres^1,2 1. Laboratorio de Biotecnologi´a Vegetal, Colegio de Ciencias Biolo´gicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Diego de Robles y Vi´a Interocea´nica, Cumbaya´, Ecuador 2. Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research, PO Box 386, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands 3. Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, 11a Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SZ, UK Furthermore, the acknowledgments section has been adapted to match the changes in authorship. The corrected acknowledgements, presented below, are definitive: This research was funded with a Chancellor’s Grant (2015) from Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ (Quito-Ecuador). Germplasm access and research permit were granted by the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador (MAE-DNB-CM-2016- 0044). The authors would like to acknowledge the technical assistance offered by researchers at the Plant Biotechnology Laboratory (COCIBA, USFQ), as well as Dr. Leonardo Zurita for his assistance with georeferenced mapping. The authors would also like to acknowledge Dr. Gerard van der Linden (Wageningen University and Research) for supporting our efforts to search and collect quinoa germplasm throughout the Andes of Ecuador.