Strategies for Achieving High and Sustainable Plant Productivity in Saline Soil Conditions

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

A thorough analysis of cutting-edge tactics to increase plant productivity in salty settings may be found in the article " Strategies for achieving high and sustainable plant productivity in saline soil conditions". The authors go into great detail into a number of techniques, such as genetic engineering, RNA interference technologies, metabolic pathway changes, manufactured nanoparticles, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus. Given the growing global problem of soil salinization, the study offers a thorough examination of how these tactics might be used to increase agricultural crops' resistance to salt stress, which is essential for guaranteeing food security.

Abstract

 Consider clarifying "To ensure availability of food produces" to "To ensure food availability". 

    "This review divulges details of the current innovative strategies..." could be revised for clarity to "This review details current innovative strategies...".

2. Introduction (lines 38-46):

    The phrase "The issue of food security is been worsen" should be corrected to "The issue of food security has been worsening".

    Consider rephrasing "Producing food to feed everincreasing global population" to "Feeding an everincreasing global population".

3. Section on Plant Strategies (line 69-85):

In line 71, "principal strategies that plant used to mitigate salinity stress" should be "principal strategies that plants use to mitigate salinity stress".

Please check for the consistency in tense and plurality throughout the section.

5. Citations and References (throughout the document):

    Verify all citations for accuracy and completeness. For example, the reference in line 40 might need more specific details if it's a direct citation.

Check all references are correctly formatted according to the journal's guidelines.

 

6. Grammar and Syntax (throughout the document):

    Check for and correct minor grammatical errors and awkward phrasings. For example, "high temperature, heat, UVC, and drought are the most environmental stresses" (line 45) could be streamlined to "high temperature, UVC radiation, and drought are significant environmental stresses".

Comments on the Quality of English Language

The English is fine

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The review systematically summarized recent advances on the plant productivity in saline soil condition. I think this review paper is on time and well organized. However, the authors should address following concerns before the acceptance:

1. This review paper lacks the critical evaluation and discussion component on the analytical performance of the existing methods. For many cases, they have simply copied and pasted the abstracts of the published paper. This is simply not good for board readership of Horticulturae.

2. This review is lack of innovation, too many cases and lack of innovation. When introducing sustainable technologies, it is suggested to focus on the latest technology and the most innovative work. This can increase the readability and reference of the article, so as to make the article stand out, rather than listing too many jobs that lack new ideas.

3. In Fig. 4,  the mechanism of regulation of gene expression via transcription
 should be illustrated clearly.

4. In the conclusion part, too much expression weakens the logic of the article. It is suggested to refine the language and list the narration separately for challenges and prospects, so as to enhance the logic and persuasion

5. There are many technical and clinical/biological challenges for reduction in salinity. The authors should summarise these challenges and discuss what are the current state-of-the-art strategies available to address these challenges.

6. The challenges of nanomaterials specially nano-carbons in plant application areas should also be briefly discussed in a separate section. In addition, the potential effects of surface modification on their activity should be discussed. The key references that deserve to be addressed: New Journal of Chemistry 42 (20), 16411-16427; Nanotechnology in Environmental Science; Hussain, C. M., Mishra, A. K., Eds; Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, Germany, 2018; pp 153– 190.

Comments on the Quality of English Language

Minor editing of English language required

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Reviewer 3 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The submitted paper falls within the scope of the Horticultural Journal, but there are significant improvement issues in the manuscript that require attention.

 

The abstract is written good but in line number 31 in abstract how breeder can use. only breeder can use?? Please breeder word change into researcher or scientists

In my opinion, lines 55 to 67 of the sentence (Total amount of salts... wilting, drying, and death) should be written after line 48, which discusses the environmental factors. this sentence

After that, the authors should divide the plant strategies involving physiology, biochemistry, and molecular responses to different levels of salinity and antioxidant enzyme activity into different topics and not mix all or write all processes together, such as first briefly defining the physiology, and biochemical processes described in Section 2.

  In my opinion, the heading 2.3 should change into heading 3 and in line 185 reference 49, please add some more studies that showed salt resistance in plants such as mangrove plants and cite this recent study.

https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2022.2073420 

 

 

Further, heading 2.4 changes into heading 4, and headings 2.5 and 2.6 change into 4.1 and 4.2. However, Section 2.7 is also a study of microbes. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) this section has been renamed as Section 5, and it requires further improvement add some more information regarding plant growth-promoting bacteria.

 

Comments on the Quality of English Language

minor English editing is is Required

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