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.
IA, SI, TJ, AT, MK, QS, KM, and MHS did not agree with the retraction. HMA either did not respond directly or could not be reached.
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- 1. Afzal I, Imran S, Javed T, Tahir A, Kamran M, Shakeel Q, et al. (2022) Alleviation of temperature stress in maize by integration of foliar applied growth promoting substances and sowing dates. PLoS ONE 17(1): e0260916. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260916 pmid:35051214
Citation: The PLOS ONE Editors (2022) Retraction: Alleviation of temperature stress in maize by integration of foliar applied growth promoting substances and sowing dates. PLoS ONE 17(8): e0272404. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272404
Published: August 17, 2022
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