Qualities and Quantities of Poultry Litter Biochar Characterization and Investigation

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

See comments in manuscript text

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Dear Reviewer:

Thank you for your kind support to review and provide valuable comments to improve quality of our manuscript. Please refer to the attached file of our response. You can find our replies on each of your comments in the file.

Please also refer to the attached file of revised manuscript for more details.

We would appreciate your kind support to review our revised manuscript.

Sincerely,

Xuejun Qian (on behalf of all authors)

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Comments

The perspective submitted by dos Santos et al, titled “Qualities and Quantities of Poultry Litter Biochar Characterization and Investigation” aims to characterize the poultry litter biochar for pyrolysis conditions. The manuscript presents an interesting topic, and is well-written, however, a few minor concerns deserve thorough attention before publication.

Comments

1. Lines 24-28 are superfluous and can be deleted. These techniques are already mentioned in the subsequent text and highlights of the obtained results.

2.     Lines 31& 32; Please give values of the results.

3.     The statement on Lines 47-48 needs citation.

4.     Figures 4 & 5 can be revised for better resolution.

5.     Lines 316-319: Authors have tested PL from two farms (Bethel Farm and Sun Farm) and used pine shavings as the bedding material. A wider range of feedstock sources and bedding materials could provide more comprehensive insights into the variability of PLB properties.

6.     Line 345: What is collected?

7.     Line 218: Results and discussion

8.     The overall discussion of the manuscript is weak. Authors should support their claims with reasoned explanations by citing the existing literature.

9.     I wonder whether authors have performed the actual performance of PLBs as soil amendments or tested their effects on plant growth.

 

10.  In conclusion, author can add one to two sentences for future perspectives of the related investigation. 

Author Response

Dear Reviewer:

Thank you so much for your valuable comments and suggestions.

We have prepared our response as attached file.

Please kindly review and let us know if you have any additional comments.

Sincerely,

Xuejun Qian (on behalf of all authors).

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf