The Effects of Climate Change on the Activity of the Lobesia botrana and Eupoecilia ambiguella Moths on the Grapevine Cultivars from the Târnave Vineyard
, Mihaela Maria Ivan 2, Sorița Maria Orian 2, Daniela Maria Popescu 2 and Veronica Sanda Chedea 1
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Dear Authors,
Climate change affects all horticultural crops and especially grapevine culture. This issue is so actual and, unfortunately, will remain actual many years from now.
The research released in the article could be useful for vinegrowers in deciding the proper phytosanitary treatments.
The article has an interesting view of data, is well documented, and well-illustrated for a better understanding of the presented research.
The paper is well described and the methods used are scientifically appropriate. Only a few points should be addressed by the authors:
- In Table 1 – for Cenade winegrowing center should be exposed to the training system
- For Riesling de Rhin since is an international cultivar, the name should be written in English as Rhine Riesling
- In 2.2. Climate characterization of the studied area from the Târnave vineyard – should indicate the type/model of the weather station
- In the 2.3 chapter - AtraBOT and AtraMBIG – the source of the traps should be mentioned and also the number of traps per hectare
- Figures 6 and 7 – the background of the charts should be changed with light color
- Figure 8 – the authors should reconsider the statistical analysis. From the data, it is shown the differences between the two moths species, which are very obvious. It will be more proper to statistical analyze the variability of each species between the years of study
- Figure 9 to 12 – the authors should reconsider the size of coordinates ”y” since there are exposed low values of the data, it is hard to see the differences between variants
- Line 250 – ”[12] reported that in some warmer areas.....” the name of the authors should be indicated in this case at the beginning of the phrase
- Line 330 – ”In studies conducted by Pavan et al., (2018), [37]” – it is not necessary the year to be mentioned
- The same: ”According to studies by Svobodava et al., (2014) [43],....” and ”Studies conducted by Schartel et al., (2019) [46]”
- Line 380-383 – please reconsider the phrase
- Line 462 – ”Studies by [5] have shown that the grape cultivar....” in this case, the author should be mentioned
- Figure 15 – please reconsider the values of the coordinates ”y” or add a second ”y” axes since are presented data with low values
- In Figure 15 – reconsider the statistical analysis. As it is exposed in the figure, is hard to understand the variability of the species between varieties and locations. It will be more easy to analyze the variability of each moth, with grape variety and location, than all variants between them.
- In the Reference chapter – please reconsider some references as the writing of the name of the authors, the abbreviations of the journals, and so on as indicated in the template
Thank you!
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Reviewer 2 Report
Line 14: remove (,) between certain varieties, supports
Line 15: dynamic not dynamic
The MS looks like some MS editorial service person edited hence not scientifically fine tuned.
Line 15-16: italics the SN
Grapevine moths Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiff-15 ermüller) and Eupoecilia ambiguella (EA) (Hübner) are
Line 25: L. bostrana
I suggest the authors follow proper rules while writing the SN, first write full name subsequently no need to expand.
I found more mistakes in abstracts
Line 27-28: Write whether the CC up regulate the activity or reduce...and thus it helps to predict the activity of these moths on grapevine which further helps in forewarning the grape growers about the impending situations of the pest.
Introduction
Line 40: don’t use , EA there is way how to write..mention hence forth E.
ambiguella likewise for LB also
Line 55-56: its not Integrated 55 Practical Management..its a Integrated Pest Management
MM
Line 83: studyed cultivares..studied cultivars
I suggest the authors to review again the MS and change the language and make it simple understandable form. I think this MS is seriously edited by a service provider. Plenty of mistakes, scientific flavour lost in MS. Authors are suggested to write on your own and resubmit as its very interesting study.
Write the lures from where you procured, no. of traps/ha, height above canopy. How frequently the lures were changed. Type of traps used (funnel traps , water trap etc). Alternate hosts nearby, weather station from where the data collected. Minimum 10 years data needed for climate change studies.
In abstract too much introduction: highlight your significant results. Introduction- mention importance of pest and economic loss caused. MM- effect of tempt and rainfall play imp role that need to emphasise. Link discussion to predict the activity of the pests under future climate change scenarios.
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Reviewer 3 Report
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
Abstract
Line 23: Lobesia botrana replace with L. botrana
Line 24 : Eupoecilia ambiguella replace with E. Ambiguella
Introduction
Line 36-37 : No need to write short form of the moths in bracket .....it’s scientifically understood that in the subsequent lines it will appear as E. Ambiquella and L. botrana.......(Eupoecilia ambiguella (E. ambiguella) (Hübner) and Lobesia botrana (L. botrana))
Line 44: L. botrana, considered as...
Line 48: not wich ..replace which
Line 56: pest monitoring is an important problem of the Integrated....its not problem its very much essential for IPM
Line 128: I would like to know whether tetratraps AtraBOT and AtraMBIG traps with
synthetic pheromones were installed were spp. Specific?? If so which one to E. Ambiguella and L. botrana needs to be mentioned
Line 131: replace pheromone capsule with pheromone lure on the male moths
Line 140 : Space between therefore and data
Line 160-161: important role in the matter of insect development...change as important role in insect development
Line 462: vineyard it is uneven...remove it ....change as ... vineyard is uneven and influence to greatest extent
Author Response
We thank to the reviewer for the comments that help improving our manuscript.
Abstract
Line 23: Lobesia botrana replace with L. botrana
-corrected
Line 24 : Eupoecilia ambiguella replace with E. Ambiguella
-corrected
Introduction
Line 36-37 : No need to write short form of the moths in bracket .....it’s scientifically understood that in the subsequent lines it will appear as E. Ambiquella and L. botrana.......(Eupoecilia ambiguella (E. ambiguella) (Hübner) and Lobesia botrana (L. botrana))
-corrected accordingly
Line 44: L. botrana, considered as...
- corrected accordingly (line 42)
Line 48: not wich ..replace which
-corrected accordingly (line 46)
Line 56: pest monitoring is an important problem of the Integrated....its not problem its very much essential for IPM
-corrected: “Important problem” replaced with “essential part” of the Integrated Pest Management (line 54)
Line 128: I would like to know whether tetratraps AtraBOT and AtraMBIG traps with
synthetic pheromones were installed were spp. Specific?? If so which one to E. Ambiguella and L. botrana needs to be mentioned
-corrected as follow: “for the monitoring of the moths populations, tetratraps with synthetic pheromones were installed: AtraBOT traps for L. botrana and AtraMBIG traps for E. ambiguella.” (line 125)
Line 131: replace pheromone capsule with pheromone lure on the male moths
- corrected as follow: “they are based on the pheromone lure on the moth males” (line 129)
Line 140 : Space between therefore and data
-corrected accordingly (line 138)
Line 160-161: important role in the matter of insect development...change as important role in insect development
-corrected accordingly (line 158)
Line 462: vineyard it is uneven...remove it ....change as ... vineyard is uneven and influence to greatest extent
-corrected accordingly (line 453)
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Reviewer 3 Report
The authors have responded to all my comments and the paper is suitable for publication.
Author Response
Thank you!
