Retraction: Diversity of fungal pathogens associated with loquat and development of novel virulence scales

The PLOS ONE Editors retract this article [1] because it was identified as one of a series of submissions for which we have concerns about authorship, competing interests, and peer review. We regret that the issues were not addressed prior to the article’s publication.

AMAS agreed with the retraction. MFA, SB, AUD, MR, SSA, AMES, YL, ATKZ, and MJA did not agree with the retraction. SK, SM, NU, and KZ either did not respond directly or could not be reached.