Retracted: Stimulatory Effects of Gamma Irradiation on Phytochemical Properties, Mitotic Behaviour, and Nutritional Composition of Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.)‎

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The Scientific World Journal has retracted the article titled “Stimulatory Effects of Gamma Irradiation on Phytochemical Properties, Mitotic Behaviour, and Nutritional Composition of Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.)” [1].

As raised on PubPeer, several figures also appear in the authors’ publications in Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology [2] and Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences [3] and additional concerns with figures and tables were found in comparing the article to the first author’s thesis [4], as listed below.

The authors’ responses to these ethical concerns (https://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/ethics/) were not considered adequate by the Editorial Board and therefore the article is being retracted.

The first author maintains that the results in the article are correct, but he says the university has restricted the download of the thesis.