Potential of Different Actinidia Genotypes as Resistant Rootstocks for Preventing Kiwifruit Vine Decline Syndrome

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The authors reported that A. macrosperma genotypes are the most promising of those tested and, at present, they are the only way to overcome KVDS. However, the followings need to be clarified before its consideration for publication.

 

Major revision

1.      The abstract needs to be summarized and concise to be more readable.

2.      Graphic abstract is not clear.

3.      The timeliness of references in introduction is too low.

4.      The writing needs to be improved by an English native speaker.

5.      Why do some tables have HW in them and some do not. Please unify each form sample.

Minor revision

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(2) Standardize and unify the format of references.

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Author Response

On the behalf of all authors,

We thank the anonymous reviewer for the proposed corrections, the improvement contribution of the text and the comments.

The manuscript is now much improved.

Reviewer 2

The authors reported that A. macrosperma genotypes are the most promising of those tested and, at present, they are the only way to overcome KVDS. However, the followings need to be clarified before its consideration for publication.

Major revision

1. The abstract needs to be summarized and concise to be more readable. We modified the abstract and we hope that now it could be more readable
2. Graphic abstract is not clear. We do not understand this comment as we did not use the mentioned graphic abstract
3. The timeliness of references in introduction is too low. We added some references following the comment.
4. The writing needs to be improved by an English native speaker. The manuscript was double checked by 2 native English speakers, as present in the knowledges
5. Why do some tables have HW in them and some do not. Please unify each form sample. Modified as requested

Minor revision

1. There are many format problems in the article.

(1) In vitro requires italics. Corrected

(2) Standardize and unify the format of references. Corrected. References section was completely revised in accordance with the question and journal format

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1. Please provide the canonical form. The canonical form of the only mathematical equation, hence the difference between years in each analyzed parameter, is: ∆2020-2021: #value2021 - #value2020. Added in the text, in MM section.

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Reviewer 2 Report

Good job!

Kiwifruit vine decline syndrome (KVDS) is a serious soil-borne disease that degrades the fine roots of of different genotypes of Actinidia spp.. The disease seems to be the result of an interaction between several soil-borne pathogens, mostly oomycetes, and waterlogging. 

In lines 469- 472 reported that:

"We can report how the genotypes tested showed an interesting and different canopy development and appearance, which can will be important for plant structure once grafting occurs, since the attitude to develop canopy is an important fact for the whole aerial plant structure."  

I suggest you add that the different canopy structure affects not only the aerial plant structure but also the biodiversity of the cultivated land. Competition in light is one of the most important factors that limit both the growth of plant species and the biodiversity of the soil under the kiwi canopy (Triantafyllidis et al., 2021 Souza et al., 2013).

I would suggest you as a future research effort to study the effect of different levels of PAR intensities (different kiwi canopy structures) on the control of kiwi vine syndrome (KVDS).

Author Response

On the behalf of all authors,

We thank the anonymous reviewer for the proposed corrections, the improvement contribution of the text and the comments.

The manuscript is now much improved.

Reviewer 1

Good job! We appreciate the comment of the reviewer

Kiwifruit vine decline syndrome (KVDS) is a serious soil-borne disease that degrades the fine roots of of different genotypes of Actinidia spp.. The disease seems to be the result of an interaction between several soil-borne pathogens, mostly oomycetes, and waterlogging.

In lines 469- 472 reported that:

"We can report how the genotypes tested showed an interesting and different canopy development and appearance, which can will be important for plant structure once grafting occurs, since the attitude to develop canopy is an important fact for the whole aerial plant structure."

I suggest you add that the different canopy structure affects not only the aerial plant structure but also the biodiversity of the cultivated land. Competition in light is one of the most important factors that limit both the growth of plant species and the biodiversity of the soil under the kiwi canopy (Triantafyllidis et al., 2021 Souza et al., 2013). We accepted the suggestion of the reviewer

I would suggest you as a future research effort to study the effect of different levels of PAR intensities (different kiwi canopy structures) on the control of kiwi vine syndrome (KVDS).

We are aware that other effects need to be considered in subsequent works, including the effect of canopy management

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

It is ready for publication.