RETRACTED: Amelioration of chromium toxicity in wheat plants through exogenous application of nano silicon
Sanaullah Jalil, Faisal Zulfiqar, Anam Moosa, Jianjun Chen, Raheela Jabeen, Hayssam M. Ali, Waleed A. A. Alsakkaf, Hafiza Ayesha Masood, Iman Mirmazloum, Abdullah Makhzoum, Jiansheng Chen, Amany H. A. Abeed, Heba S. Essawy
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This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier policy on Article Correction, Retraction and Removal ( https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/article-withdrawal ). Post-publication, an investigation conducted on behalf of the journal by Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team discovered suspicious changes in authorship between the original submission and the revised version of this paper. During revision, the authors Raheela Jabeen, Hafiza Ayesha Masood, Anam Moosa, Jianjun Chen, Hayssam M. Ali, Waleed A.A. Alsakkaf, Iman Mirmazloum, Abdullah Makhzoum, Jiansheng Chen, Amany H.A. Abeed, and Heba S. Assawy were added to the revised paper without explanation and without exceptional approval by the journal editor, which is contrary to the journal policy on changes to authorship. Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team reached out to the authors for an explanation, but they failed to provide a satisfactory explanation to these changes. The Editor has determined that the authorship cannot be relied upon and has lost confidence in the integrity and findings of the article, and has determined it should be retracted.