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.
AY, NK, MA, WS, MH, and AN did not agree with the retraction. ZFR, HASA, KAM, TSA, SA, and SHQ either did not respond directly or could not be reached.
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Citation: The PLOS ONE Editors (2022) Retraction: Assessment of composition and spatial dynamics of weed communities in agroecosystem under varying edaphic factors. PLoS ONE 17(8): e0273464. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273464
Published: August 31, 2022
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