Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Contrasting Plant Responses of Sorghum bicolor upon Colonization by Two Formae Speciales of Sporisorium reilianum
, Theresa Heidrich 1,2,‡, Christian Müller 2,3, Frank Drechsler 2, Yulei Zhao 1,2,§, Tilottama Mazumdar 3,‖ and Jan Schirawski 1,2,3,*
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The authors described the effects of the inoculation of two fungal species on the leaves of Sorghum bicolor. The two species resulted in different responses in terms of plant defense systems and gene expression. The metabolomic analysis performed determined that Sporisorium relianum type Z resulted in the major expression of Sorghum defense mechanisms. Conversely, Sporisorium relianum type S induced the expression of a few genes involved in defense, and made the Sorghum more vulnerable to smut symptoms.
The manuscript is clear and the protocols used are well described. The metabolomic approach is articulated and well described. Statistical analysis is also correct.
In my opinion the manuscript can be published, after correcting some typos.
Author Response
We thank the reviewer for this encouraging evaluation. We scanned the complete manuscript and removed the remaining typos.
Reviewer 2 Report
The present article "Transcriptome analysis reveals contrasting plant responses of Sorghum bicolor upon colonization by two formae speciales of Sporisorium reilianum" deals a very interesting topic. The experiment is well designed and authors have clearly presented the results. However several places authors have written species name in running letter that should be in italics.
Author Response
We thank the reviewer for this encouraging evaluation. We scanned the complete manuscript to check and correct the formatting of species names.
