RETRACTED ARTICLE: A response surface-based approach to optimize elicitation conditions in Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) Bertoni shoot cultures for the enhancement of steviol glycosides(Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture, (2023), 155, 6, (1-11))

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The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article because of signifcant concerns regarding two fgures presented in this work, which question the integrity of the data. After publication, a number of overlaps were detected within Figure 1 of this article, and some of the images in this fgure appear to have been cropped to give the appearance of being diferent samples. Specifcally:• samples 2, 6, and 9 appear to be identical• samples 3, 7, and 10 appear to be identical• samples 5 and 8 appear to be identical Also, in Figure 6, lines 17–20 seem identical to lines 9–12.The Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confdence in the integrity of the data in this article.All authors agree with this retraction. © 2023 Springer Nature B.V.