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Retraction

Retraction: Thin layer drying kinetics and quality dynamics of persimmon (Diospyros kaki) treated with preservatives and solar dried under different temperatures

  • The PLOS ONE Editors

This article [1] was identified as one of a series of submissions for which we have concerns about authorship, competing interests, and peer review.

In addition, Fig 1 and the information in the “Flat plate solar drier” Methods subsection were previously published by a different group in [2]. The 2016 article was not cited or discussed as a source of this material in the PLOS ONE article.

In light of these issues, the PLOS ONE Editors retract this article. We regret that the issues were not addressed prior to the article’s publication.

AK and RAY did not agree with retraction. The other authors did not reply or could not be reached.

As discussed above, Fig 1 of [1] reports material from [2], published 2016 [Sains Malaysiana], which is not offered under a CC-BY license. Fig 1 is therefore excluded from this article’s [1] license. At the time of retraction, the article [1] was republished to note this exclusion in the Fig 1 legend and the article’s copyright statement.

References

  1. 1. Khaliq A, Li W-F, Ali S, Shah ST, Ma Z-H, Mao J, et al. (2022) Thin layer drying kinetics and quality dynamics of persimmon (Diospyros kaki) treated with preservatives and solar dried under different temperatures. PLoS ONE 17(3): e0265111. pmid:35353819
  2. 2. Hanif M, Khattak MK, Amin M, Ramzan M, Zakir S, Ullah S and Khan Z (2016) Development of an Efficient Flat Plate Solar Air Heater for Drying and Water Heating Purposes. Sains Malaysiana 45(3): 489–497.

Citation: The PLOS ONE Editors (2022) Retraction: Thin layer drying kinetics and quality dynamics of persimmon (Diospyros kaki) treated with preservatives and solar dried under different temperatures. PLoS ONE 17(9): e0275326. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275326

Published: September 22, 2022

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