RETRACTED: Drought stress response in long-storage tomatoes: Physiological and biochemical traits

• Published in: Scientia horticulturae 2016-03, Vol.200, p.25-35
• Main Authors: Riccardi, M., Pulvento, C., Patanè, C., Albrizio, R., Barbieri, G.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0304-4238; 1879-1018
• DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2015.12.049

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor. After acceptance of the above manuscript, it has been found that a number of irregularities occurred, placing the accepted validity of the manuscript in doubt. The following facts have emerged: Of the five authors, four (Albrizio, Patan, Barbieri, Pulvento) did not have any direct input into the manuscript, and/or were not informed of it prior to publication. After investigation by the Director of CNR-Istituto per i Sistemi Agricoli e Forestali del Mediterraneo (Naples, Italy) it was concluded that the description of the methodology used in the work as stated in the manuscript to explain the Brigade cv experiment is incorrect; it does not reflect the real conditions under which the data was collected. This incorrectness does not apply to the experiments carried out on the two tomato landraces Locale di Salina and Pizzutello di Sciacca. Results referring to Brigade cv are consequently inaccurate. Consequently the statistical analysis is invalid and unreliable deductions have been reported in the discussion and conclusions.