Correction: Kalatskaja et al. Increasing Potato Sustainability to PVY under Water Deficiency by Bacillus Bacteria with Salicylic Acid and Methyl Jasmonate. Int. J. Plant Biol. 2023, 14, 312–328

Following publication, concerns were raised to the editorial office relating to a potential conflict of interest between the authors and the Academic Editors that supervised the peer-review of this article [1]. Adhering to our complaints policy, an investigation was completed by the Editorial Office, which confirmed a recent collaboration between the authors and the Academic Editors that could be perceived as a conflict of interest and was judged to not align with MDPI’s conflict of interest policy relating to the handling of Special Issue submissions (https://www.mdpi.com/special_issues_guidelines, accessed on 17 September 2025).

Consequently, the Editorial office and Editorial Board conducted a post-publication review of this article [1]. This included inviting an Editorial Board member to review the entire editorial process had been carried out as per standard MDPI policy (https://www.mdpi.com/editorial_process, accessed on 17 September 2025), assessing the quality of the peer-review and considering the appropriateness of the final decision made on this publication. Here, the Editorial Board member verified all elements of the editorial process and concluded that the acceptance and publication of this article was appropriate. As a result of this process, the Editorial Office and Editorial Board and the authors agreed to replace the existing Academic Editors listed on this publication with that of the Editorial Board member who conducted this post-publication review. The original publication has now been updated accordingly.