Retraction Note: BMC Genomics20, 795 (2019).https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-6178-z

The Editor has retracted this article. Concerns were raised regarding a number of figures, specifically:

  • The WT specimen depicted in Fig. 4A appears to overlap with the Col-0 specimen under drought conditions shown in Fig. 4C in Plant, Cell & Environment [1].

  • The TaGAPC1P-3/TaWRKY40 panel in Fig. 6C appears to overlap with the TaGAPCp3P-3/TaMyb panel of Fig. 9B in the BMC Plant Biology paper [2].

  • Figure 2A (Col-0; drought 25d and 7d after re-watering) appears to overlap with Fig. 5A (WT; drought 25d and 7d after re-watering) of their BMC Plant Biology paper [2].

  • Figure 2A (OE; drought 25d) in their BMC Genomics paper appears to overlap with Fig. 5A (OE-2 and OE-3; drought 25d) of their BMC Plant Biology paper [2].

The Editor therefore no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions of this article.

The authors have not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction.

[1] Zhang, L, Lei, D, Deng, X, Li, F, Ji, H, Yang, S. Retracted: Cytosolic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 2/5/6 increase drought tolerance via stomatal movement and reactive oxygen species scavenging in wheat. Plant Cell Environ. 2020; 43: 836– 853. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13710.

[2] Zhang, L., Song, Z., Li, F. et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: The specific MYB binding sites bound by Ta_MYB in the _GAPCp2/3 promoters are involved in the drought stress response in wheat. BMC Plant Biol19, 366 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-019-1948-y.