The paper [Salinity tolerance of chickpea genotypes (Cicer arietinum L.) and symbiotic performance in arid saline environment, doi: 10.5376/lgg.2016.07.0010] published in Legume Genomics and Genetics has been retracted, because we found this article was obviously copied from the book “Microbial strategies for the improvement of legume production in hostile environments” at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118917091.ch9/summary.

The editorial committee of BioPublisher strictly protests to the author that the above article had been submitted against the rules of this journal policy. Thus, this article has been totally deleted from this journal.

The editorial committee of BioPublisher (Nov. 01, 2016)