Characteristics of Andisols Developed from Andesitic and Basaltic Volcanic Ash in Different Agro-Climatic Zones
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Please find my comments on attached file.
Comments for author File: 
Comments.pdf
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
We are grateful that you took some of your busy time in reviewing our paper and providing us with invaluable feedbacks. As you commented directly on the pdf of the article, we would like to confirm that we have addressed all your comments accordingly. We also made some improvements and rewritten most of the articles (in the last parts) based on your suggestions in the first parts of the article.
For more detailed revisions, we attached the revised version of the article with track changes on. We also improved the English by using the MDPI English editing service and attached the certificate. Thank you.
Regards,
Authors.
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 2 Report
The study aimed to identify the characteristics of Andisols under tea plantations as affected by different agro-climatic zones, age, and types of volcanic ash materials. The paper has mainly a local interest. The manuscript compiles a great deal of information and has a very descriptive and dense character that requires a calm reading. Before publication, the following modifications are required:
1) Please, enter the main objectives of this work at the end of the introduction section.
2) The whole section of Materials and Methods should be improved. Authors must explain the protocols used in the mineralogical analysis of the different fractions of the soil. In the case of the clay fraction, the types of treatments used must be introduced, such as standards used, quantitative or semi-quantitative analysis method used, detection limits, etc.
5) The entire manuscript must be reviewed by a native English colleague to avoid grammatical and spelling errors.
6) The quality of figures 2, 4 and 4 are very low. Please, improve the quality of these figures.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
We are grateful that you took some of your busy time in reviewing our paper and providing us with invaluable feedbacks. Our responses to your comments are as following:
- Comment: Please enter the main objectives of this work at the end of the introduction section
Response: We have added the main objectives of this study at the end of the introduction section as suggested by the reviewer.
- Comment: The whole section of Materials and Methods should be improved. Authors must explain the protocols used in the mineralogical analysis of the different fractions of the soil. In the case of the clay fraction, the types of treatments used must be introduced, such as standards used, quantitative of semi-quantitative analysis method used, detection limits, etc.
Response:
- Comment: The entire manuscript must be reviewed by a native English colleague to avoid grammatical and spelling errors
Response: We have sent the article to a professional proofreader to improve the English quality. Attached is the English proofreading certificated.
- Comment: The quality of figures 2 and 4 are very low. Please, improve the quality of these figures.
Response: We have redrawn the figures and improved their resolutions.
For more detailed revisions, we attached the revised version of the article with track changes on. We also improved the English by using the MDPI English editing service and attached the certificate. Thank you.
Regards,
Authors.
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
Authors have improved the manuscript following the reviewers comments. Good work. Congratulations.
Please, review some minor mistakes in tables. For example, in table 2: 10YR ¾ is different than 10YR 3/6.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
We are grateful that you took some of your busy time in reviewing our paper and providing us with invaluable feedbacks. We have rechecked the consistency in the tables and revised them as per your suggestions. We also fixed the references.
For more detailed revisions, we attached the revised version of the article with track changes on. We also improved the English by using the MDPI English editing service and attached the certificate. Thank you.
Regards,
Authors.
Author Response File: 
Author Response.docx
