Correction to: Cell Death and Differentiation (2014) 21, 1178–1179; doi:10.1038/cdd.2013.190; published online 10 January 2014

Since the publication of this article the authors have noticed an error in the list of author names. F Breusegem should be F Van Breusegem. The correct list is shown above. There is also an error in the sentence contained within the second paragraph of text under the heading ‘The future of plant PCD research’.

The sentence has been amended as shown below:

Apoptosis is an event found mainly in animals, a minority of the biological diversity on the planet.

The authors would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused.