Jackfruit Genotypes in Southern Nayarit: A Comparative Study of Morphological, Physiological, Physicochemical, Phytochemical, and Molecular Assessments

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The manuscript describes evaluation of jackfruit genotypes in Southern Nayarit by morphological, physiological, physicochemical, phytochemical, and molecular. However, the manuscript needs improve, and there were many problems need authors had to explain

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The manuscript has potential for publication, with minor corrections. The subject is pertinent to the genetic diversity of jackfruit, a fruit tree cultivated in various parts of the world, but with few studies developed, such as characterization of accessions, genetic diversity and genetic resources for future domestication and commercial exploitation. This research presents interesting results. Congratulations.

 

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Reviewer 3 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The paper entitled “Jackfruit Genotypes in Southern Nayarit: A Comparative Study of Morphological, Physiological, Physicochemical, Phytochemical and Molecular Assessments” is written well and provide basis for further research on Jackfruit.

Before final acceptance, there are some revision that required to be incorporated.

General Comments

The paper needs minor English editing and grammar correction. Authors are directed to check the punctuations and spellings.

When abbreviations are first introduced in the text, they should be written in full and then followed by the abbreviation.

Italicize the gene names as well as the species names.

Abstract

Line 31: Overall…….. change this sentence to “Among all the genotypes, “Licenciada” emerged as a………..

Line 32: Future research should…………….. Change this concluding remarks to what the current study provide for future work?

Introduction

The introduction is poorly written.

1^st paragraph do not provide the detailed introduction about the family of Jack fruit and its significance.

The up to date genomic research on jack fruit and the research gaps are missing.

Add the economic importance of hawthorn to the introduction section.

Authors are directed to improve this part with recent citations.

Materials and Methods

Some section of this section needs proper citations. Authors are directed to provide the most recent citations for the sub-sections and elaborate the methodology so that the reader could understand the protocols followed.

Table 1 legends are not defined well. Update the legends.

Gene names should be italicized.

Results

Results section are written well.

Throughout the results section needs to grammatically check.

Authors are directed to separate the results section from the discussion section.

Discussion

This section seems shallow, authors are required to provide justification for each result with recent citation.

Conclusion

This part looks messy. The conclusion should be provided in a single paragraph. It should clearly present the summary of all the results and, how it helps to achieve the objectives of your study. Moreover, future direction should be added to this part.

Comments on the Quality of English Language

Minor English Editing is required.

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