The PLOS ONE Editors retract this article [1] because it was identified as one of a series of submissions for which we have concerns about authorship, competing interests, and peer review. We regret that the issues were not addressed prior to the article’s publication.
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- 1. Freeg HA, Attia KA, Casson S, Fiaz S, Ramadan EA, Banna AE-, et al. (2022) Physio-biochemical responses and expressional profiling analysis of drought tolerant genes in new promising rice genotype. PLoS ONE 17(3): e0266087. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266087 pmid:35349595
Citation: The PLOS ONE Editors (2022) Retraction: Physio-biochemical responses and expressional profiling analysis of drought tolerant genes in new promising rice genotype. PLoS ONE 17(8): e0272395. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272395
Published: August 17, 2022
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