J Labelled Comp Radiopharm. 2026 Apr;69(4-6):e70027. doi: 10.1002/jlcr.70027.
ABSTRACT
M. H. Abdel-Aal, Y. A. Hasanien, N. A. Younis, G. El Didamony, A. Askora, and G. Abdelaziz, “Enhanced Control of Bacterial Wilt Disease in Tomato Plant via Transport and Penetration Tracking by Aid of 99mTc-Labeled Ralstonia solanacearum-Specific Bacteriophage,” Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals 68, no. 13 (2025): e4169, https://doi.org/10.1002/jlcr.4169. The above article, published online on 11 November 2025 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor-in-Chief, V Derdau; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed upon following concerns raised by a third party. A subsequent investigation confirmed several deficiencies in the study, including the absence of essential controls, replicates, and appropriate statistical analysis. In addition, in Figure 3, the Ral 10, Ral 9, Ral 8 and Ral 7 bands appear to be duplicated, and there is evidence that Ral 10 has been spliced into the image. Furthermore, the images shown in Figures 12A and 12C are identical, despite representing untreated and treated plants. The authors cooperated with the investigation and explained that Figure 3 combines two images from separate experimental runs, as the gel tank could not hold all samples simultaneously. However, they were unable to provide the original images and did not comment on the duplicated bands. The authors also explained that the duplication in Figure 12 was an error due to figure mismanagement; they provided an alternative image for Figure 12C. However, this was not satisfactory to address all the concerns. As a result, the editors determined that the results cannot be validated and therefore the conclusions of the study are unreliable. The authors disagree with the retraction.
PMID:41888030 | DOI:10.1002/jlcr.70027
