Effects of Different Root Zone Heating Methods on the Growth and Photosynthetic Characteristics of Cucumber

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

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Reviewer 2 Report

this article needs significant improvement to the English writing. But most importantly, please fix the reference citations in the text, which should be superscript or in between parentheses. 

I am willing to review it again after this issue is solved. right now, this is too distracting to read.

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Thank you for the comments. We have reworked the reference source and citation format as required.

Reviewer 3 Report

Dear Authors, 

I have noted in the text what needs to be corrected. The discussion focused more on energy consumption than on the results of the study, which was not the aim of the study in my opinion, so one conclusion of the study is theoretical. The aim of the study should be clearly stated. 

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

The authors supplemented some shortcomings and fixed some errors as far as possible. However, the text still needs some adjustments for improvement. I recommend checking the text carefully and correcting some typos and grammatical errors, e.g.:

- on line 276 - the fruit mass of the cucumber in T4 was the heaciest at 58.18 g ... it should probably be the heaviest

- from line 281 onwards - The total yield of cucumber in different heating treatments increased compared with CK1 and CK2, in which the yield of cucumber under T4 heating treatment was 6899.59 kg 100.97 t, which was significantly higher than T1, T3, CK1 and CK2, and the yield of cucumber in T2 and T4 treatments converged, for forming significant differences. … This sentence only gives the weight of 100.97 t but does not give the yield in comparable units of measurement. Therefore, it is better not to enter this data and to omit it from the text. (I already warned you in the last review).

- on line 440 - and it costed low … should be and it cost low

- in Tab. 4 is still unclear and uncorrected unit Yield (t·hm-2) - in Tab. 15 unit Daily energy consumption (kW·h) …should be (kWh)

Author Response

Thank you for your comments. We have revised your question and re-edited it in English, please see the submitted document.

Reviewer 2 Report

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Thank you for your comments. We have revised your question and re-edited it in English, please see the submitted document.

Round 3

Reviewer 2 Report

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Author Response

Thank you for your comments. We have revised your question and re-edited it in English, please see the submitted document.