Soil Ecosystem Functioning through Interactions of Nematodes and Fungi Trichoderma sp.
, Tomislav Kos 1,*, Josipa Puškarić 2, Karolina Vrandečić 2, Teuta Benković-Lačić 3 and Mirjana Brmež 2Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsSee the attached file.
Comments for author File: 
Comments.pdf
Author Response
Dear reviewer,
Thank you for your review. we believe that we have improved our manuscript with the same. The attached document contains answers and comments to your review.
With respect.
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsPino et al. describes a very interesting review on “Soil ecosystem functioning through relationship of nematodes and fungi Trichoderma sp”. The review is well organized, and the topic of research is good. It's an important work, and the review has been well prepared. Below is my assessment of the submitted review. Based on these, the manuscript can be accepted for publication after the major revisions are addressed.
Comments
Line36: Please consider changing the keywords list and use synonyms.
Lines 39-81: Actually, the introduction is a little bit missing part due to some irrelevant or wide information and then could not focus on the aim.
Line: 81: I highly recommended that the authors add a paragraph in terms of what the readers will see new in this review.
Line 369: The section lacks some information on the antimicrobial activity of Trichoderma and its potential applications in agriculture generally.
Lines437-455: The conclusions did not provide a good reflection on the main features of this review as well as future prospects.
I suggest that the authors could add a mechanism diagram or pattern diagram is suggested to present the interaction process outputs as the key content is not easy to focus in this review.
Kind Regards.
Comments on the Quality of English LanguageModerate editing of English language required
Author Response
Dear reviewer,
Thank you for your review. we believe that we have improved our manuscript with the same. The attached document contains answers and comments to your review.
With respect.
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 3 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThe present review paper focus on the antagonistic and mutualistic relationship between nematodes and fungi especially Trichoderma sp. The paper is well constructed and enlightening for researchers of soil biology and plant pathogens. I suggest authors to add fundamental descriptions on nematodes especially phylogeny, taxonomy, embryology, and life cycle. These descriptions are useful for non-specialist of nematodes, and these improve the review paper.
The manuscript needs English proof reading. The followings are minor technical comments.
Line 3: ‘sp.’ Should not be italicized.
Line 39: Consider the phrase ‘there is’.
Line 54: Check the phrase ‘the ability of the soil to the plant’.
Line 60: What does ‘tropically diverse’ mean? trophically?
Line 229: There is only one subheading (4.1) in this section.
Line 282: ‘and’ should not be italicized.
Line 301: Does ‘EPN’ mean ‘enthopathogenic nematodes’? Definition of abbreviation should be shown.
Line 312: ‘Otiorhynchus sulcatus’ should be italicized and should accompany authority.
Line 319: There is only one subheading (5.1) in this section.
Lines 340 and 348: ‘T.’ should be ‘Trichoderma’ because these species names appear at the first time in the main text.
Line 376: ‘stress’ would be ‘stresses’.
Lines 386 and 423: ‘(2015), [67]’ should be ‘(2015) [67],’.
Line 400: ‘T.’ should be italicized.
Comments on the Quality of English LanguageThe manuscript needs English proof reading.
Author Response
Dear reviewer,
Thank you for your review. we believe that we have improved our manuscript with the same. The attached document contains answers and comments to your review.
With respect.
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 4 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThe purpose of this manuscript is to describe the interaction of nematodes and fungi Trichoderma sp. in soil ecosystems. It should be noted that only 12% of the total text of the manuscript is devoted to directly describing the interactions of nematodes and fungi Trichoderma sp. If you leave the structure of the article the same, then the title and abstract should be adjusted. Otherwise, it is necessary to expand the information on the interaction of Trichoderma sp and nematodes and accordingly shorten the description of other sections.
Author Response
Dear reviewer,
Thank you for your review. we believe that we have improved our manuscript with the same. The attached document contains answers and comments to your review.
With respect.
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsIt is good that you have considered and accepted most of the comments and suggestions.
Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThe authors addressed all my comments, many thanks for their contribution.
Comments on the Quality of English LanguageMinor editing of English language required
