Retraction notice to “Borage leaf extract improves the vase life of cut gladiolus flowers by delaying the senescence process and reducing water stress” [Postharvest Biol. Technol. 210 (2024) 112766]

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This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier policy on Article Correction, Retraction and Removal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor. Post-publication, the journal discovered suspicious changes in authorship between the original submission and the revised version of this paper. During revision, the authors Mohamed S. Sheteiwy, Babar Ali, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Walid Soufan, Ayman El Sabagh were added to the revised paper. These changes were made without explanation and without exceptional approval by the journal editor, which is contrary to the journal policy on changes to authorship. The journal reached out to the authors for an explanation, but they failed to provide a satisfactory explanation for these changes. The Editor has determined that the authorship of the article cannot be relied upon and has decided to retract the article. © 2025 Elsevier B.V. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.