Mechanistic Approach on Melatonin-Induced Hormesis of Photosystem II Function in the Medicinal Plant Mentha spicata †
, Ilektra Sperdouli 2, Ioannis-Dimosthenis S. Adamakis 3, Begüm Şaş 1,4, Sumrunaz İşgören 1,5, Julietta Moustaka 6 and Fermín Morales 7,*
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThe Author should address the following suggession
line 38-39 rewrite, conclusion line is not proper,,,
revise keywords, short keywords
Line 46; fundamental process to plant
Line 49; the photosynthetic effeciency in crop plants
Line 75; Melatonin use MT
recheck whole manuscript, only use MT
How you slect MT level for this concentration?
remove repitation from conclusion section
many small mistake in the abberivation list,
overall manuscript is well written, but need minor correction before publication
Author Response
The Author should address the following suggestion
line 38-39 rewrite, conclusion line is not proper
We rewrote this sentence that is highlighted in yellow as all new changes in the whole text.
revise keywords, short keywords
We revised long keywords
Line 46; fundamental process to plant
Yes, we changed it. Thank you for pointing it.
Line 49; the photosynthetic efficiency in crop plants
Yes, we changed it. Thank you for pointing it.
Line 75; Melatonin use MT
recheck whole manuscript, only use MT
When the word “Melatonin” is in the beginning of a sentence we use the whole word, but in all other cases we use the abbreviation (MT).
How you select MT level for this concentration?
The MT concentrations that we used in our experiments are based on the preliminary experiments that we conducted and on the literature.
remove repetition from conclusion section
Ok, removed.
many small mistake in the abbreviation list,
We have not included abbreviation list
overall manuscript is well written, but need minor correction before publication
Thank you for your comments that helped us to improve our manuscript.
Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThe subject of the study is interesting and has been well conducted. Therefore, in my opinion the manuscript deserves to be published after some corrections (see attached file). In addition,some sentences of the discussion should be modified, as some sentences make very blunt statements. These sentences should be formulated in a more prudent way using words like "could" or "might".
Comments for author File: 
Comments.pdf
The English quality is fine and only minor changes are required as in the indicated sentences (See attached file)
Author Response
The subject of the study is interesting and has been well conducted. Therefore, in my opinion the manuscript deserves to be published after some corrections (see attached file). In addition, some sentences of the discussion should be modified, as some sentences make very blunt statements. These sentences should be formulated in a more prudent way using words like "could" or "might".
Thank you for your comments that helped us to improve our manuscript. We formulated the sentences of the Discussion and Conclusion in a more prudent way using words like "could" or "might" and we highlighted them in yellow, as all new changes in the whole text. The answers to the comments on the pdf file of the manuscript are on the attached pdf file.
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
