Arthrinium arundinis, a Novel Causal Agent of Moso Bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) Culm Rhomboid Rot and Its Sensitivity to Fungicides
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
This is a very interesting paper and I have done only a few comments. The results were presented very well, and only some issues would be better to make a little bit improved.
Introduction:
Basically, I`d suggest adding a little more data about A. arundinis, e.g. fungus taxonomy, origin (invasive or indigenous), published data that A. arundinis causing brown culm streak of Phyllostachys praecox and strategy to manage this disease (if it exists) (Wang, M., Tan, X. M., Liu, F., & Cai, L. (2018). Eight new Arthrinium species from China. MycoKeys, (34), 1.)
Line 23 – “important member of family” sounds weird, maybe economically/ecologically important
Line 38-46 – I have not seen any references for line 38, line 42 etc, is it first finding? If it is first finding of new disease, please be clearer.
Line 61 – I think a lot of references (10) added to confirm that Arthrinium genus has a lot of pathogens and endopfhytes
Line 63 – 66 I would start with i) identification ii) Koch` postulates
M&M
Line 83 – did you add any antibiotic to PDA media, if yes, please add
Line 134 – ITS 1 and ITS 4 as well as TEF1-α, β-tubulin are well-known primers for fungal identification, so the table 1 is not needed
Line 107 – add reference for Koch’s postulates
Discussion
Line 242-246 – it`d be better to move this to Introduction, leaving only first statement of discussion part with references.
Also, I`d suggest adding a little bit more about what else research are needed, e.g. management strategy, field tests, resistance study etc
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Reviewer 2 Report
Manuscript entitled “Arthrinium arundinis, a Novel Causal Agent of Moso Bamboo Culm Rhomboid Rot and Its Sensitivity to Fungicides” by Zheng and others.
Authors highlighted the impact of Culm rhomboid rot is a new disease of moso bamboo, they identified its impact under different growing environment. Following major modification is require for further processing of manuscript-:
Abstract: Quantification is missing, pl add treatment and methodology in 2-3 sentences.
Keywords: Should be different from title
Introduction: it’s very short and methodological part should be in M & M section. Need updated relevant global literature.
Materials and Method: add geographical situations (Mpas with coordinates)
Add weather data of study periods.
Add a flow diagram of methodological sequences.
Data analysis: is missing
Results: whole result section missing with quantify data, pl add your results value/percentage changes, etc.
Discussion: Need restructure, add relevant references during the discussion. Add scientific reason.
Conclusion: very short, quantify data is missing add future relevance also
Overall, manuscript need major modification, and way of presentation.
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
The authors incorporated all suggestions, and now the revised manuscript may be considered for further process.
Author Response
Dear reviewer,
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to you for your constructive and positive comments.
We tried our best to revise our English writing. And the English writing of the manuscript has been improved using the MDPI Editing Service.
With kind regards!
