Statement of Retraction
At the request of the author, the following article has been retracted from publication in the Taylor & Francis journal Caryologia:
Dibyendu Talukdar & Tulika Talukdar, Karyotype analysis and identification of extra chromosomes in primary aneuploid stocks of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) by fluorescence chromosome banding, Caryologia 69(3): 235–248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00087114.2016.1169091. Version of Record published online 14 April 2016.
Since the above paper was published online, we have been made aware of signs of image manipulation in Figure 1A, Figure 1D, Figure 1E, Figure 1K, Figure 2A and Figure 2E. Similarities between these figures have been found with the following earlier published articles by the same author:
Dibyendu Talukdar, Increasing nuclear ploidy enhances the capability of antioxidant defense and reduces chromotoxicity in Lathyrus sativus roots under cadmium stress, Turkish Journal of Botany, 38: 696–712, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/bot-1310-9.
Dibyendu Talukdar & Tulika Talukdar, Leaf Rolling and Stem Fasciation in Grass Pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) Mutant Are Mediated through Glutathione-Dependent Cellular and Metabolic Changes and Associated with a Metabolic Diversion through Cysteine during Phenotypic Reversal, BioMed Research International, 2014, Article ID 479180, 21 pages, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/479180
Dibyendu Talukdar, Fluorescent-banded karyotype analysis and identification of chromosomes in three improved Indian varieties of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.), Chromosome Science, 13: 3–10, 2010, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236333396
This action constitutes a breach of warranties made by the author with respect to originality. We note that we received, peer-reviewed, accepted, and published the article in good faith based on these warranties, and censure this action.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as retracted.