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Citation: The PLOS ONE Editors (2022) Retraction: Kinetin mitigates Cd-induced damagesto growth, photosynthesis and PS II photochemistry of Trigonella seedlings by up-regulating ascorbate-glutathione cycle. PLoS ONE 17(11): e0277593. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277593
Published: November 16, 2022
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