Effect of Maize–Legume Intercropping on Maize Physio-Agronomic Parameters and Beneficial Insect Abundance
, Luis Latournerie-Moreno 1,*, René Garruña 2, Krista L. Jacobsen 3, Carrie A. M. Laboski 4, Roberth Us-Santamaría 5 and Esaú Ruiz-Sánchez 1,*
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The manuscript of Pierre and co-authors entitled "Effect of Maize-Legume Intercropping on Maize Physio-agronomic Parameters and Beneficial Insect Abundance" reported the effect of maize-legume intercropping systems on maize growth traits, physiological responses, and the abundance of significant insects in traditional and advance maize intercropping approach. The manuscript has been properly presented in an easy understanding way for the readers. The experimental design was reasonable. I have also noticed several comments (as stated below) that should be taken into account for the improvement of the quality of the present manuscript.
Line 32: Please mention % increase value of Pn and E rate
Line 34: Plz mention % reduced carbon intercellular rate
Line 39: Plz mention % grain yield as compare to others
Line 48: Plz improve keywords
Line 50: Please improve Introduction section
Line 60-63: ????
Line 66, 69 so on: Please use comma between two references number style entire the MS
Table 1: plz correct WUE unit
Table 1: I think table 1 different letters should be superscript, plz check
Result and Discussion section needs improvement
Line 309-310: ??
Line 345-346: Please check the photosynthesis and transpiration unit
Line 372-375: Please revise the sentence
Appendix A, Table 2, Plz correct photosynthesis abbreviation as AN in place of AN
Please correct the references style as per the journal requirement
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
Thanks for your comments. here below we addressed all of your comments.
Thanks,
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Reviewer 2 Report
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Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
thank you for your interesting comments. Here below , we have addressed all of your comments.
Thanks,
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
No further corrections are required. Acceptable for publication.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
Thank you for you comments. We observed that we had no further comments from you.
It was nice to receive your comments.
Best regards,
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Reviewer 2 Report
I appreciate the efforts of authors for substantial improvement of the manuscript. However, please see the comments of the first review and the correlation table may be converted in heat map for better interpretation and quality of paper.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
Thank you for your comments.
we have made the changes according to your comments.
Best regards,
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