Indigenous Aureobasidium pullulans Strains as Biocontrol Agents of Botrytis cinerea on Grape Berries
, Yuri Romboli 2, Damiano Barbato 1, Eleonora Mari 1, Manuel Venturi 2,*, Simona Guerrini 2 and Lisa Granchi 1Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
I would like to thank the authors for their interesting work. Please find below some very minor remarks to be considered:
Line 251: Please put A. pullulans in italic form.
Line 254: Please add a point (.) after “detected”.
Line 277: Please put B. cinerea in italic form.
Line 290: please put “the” in normal form.
Kind regards
Author Response
Response to Reviewer 1
The Authors are grateful to the reviewer for the suggestions.
Suggestions for Authors
I would like to thank the authors for their interesting work. Please find below some very minor remarks to be considered:
Line 251: Please put A. pullulans in italic form.
Text was modified according to the suggestion.
Line 254: Please add a point (.) after “detected”.
Text was modified according to the suggestion.
Line 277: Please put B. cinerea in italic form.
Text was modified according to the suggestion.
Line 290: please put “the” in normal form.
Text was modified according to the suggestion.
Author Response File: 
Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 2 Report
The manuscript "Indigenous Aureobasidium pullulans strains as biocontrol agents of Botrytis cinerea on grape berries" presents a very important and interesting application of biocontrol in vineyards. It is necessary to retain the growth of B. cinerea, as the growth of this mold causes large losses in wine production. The manuscript is written in a very interesting way, the research is planned correctly. The presentation of the results is clear and understandable.
Detailed comments:
Chapter 2.3 - please describe in more detail.
There is no more detailed description of the in-vitro experiments and detailed results of this experiment.
The discussion of the results is very small, it should be expanded.
It is worth referring to the more recent literature on A. pullulans and biocontrol
Author Response
Response to Reviewer 2
The Authors are grateful to the reviewer for the useful comments and suggestions.
The manuscript "Indigenous Aureobasidium pullulans strains as biocontrol agents of Botrytis cinerea on grape berries" presents a very important and interesting application of biocontrol in vineyards. It is necessary to retain the growth of B. cinerea, as the growth of this mold causes large losses in wine production. The manuscript is written in a very interesting way, the research is planned correctly. The presentation of the results is clear and understandable.
Detailed comments:
Chapter 2.3 - please describe in more detail.
Chapter 2.3 was modified and more detailed description was added according to the suggestion
There is no more detailed description of the in-vitro experiments and detailed results of this experiment.
Details on the in-vitro experiment and respective results were added; also, a new figure was added. In particular in chapters 2.3 and 3.2, and the new Figure 3.
The discussion of the results is very small, it should be expanded.
Discussion was expanded according to the suggestion. Chapters 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5 were modified.
It is worth referring to the more recent literature on A. pullulans and biocontrol
Some references were added according to the suggestion
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
The corrections have been made in the text, I have no more comments.
