Effects of Sodium Salinity on Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Cultivation: A Review

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report (Previous Reviewer 2)

The paper need more revission

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Best regards:

 

Following the comments and suggestions made by the reviewers, a restructuring and updating of the content of the article " Effects of sodium salinity on rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation: a review." was carried out.

Point 1:    Reviewer Comments

Abstract

• Rewrite your abstract, giving a brief of problem statement, objective, methods, and results.
• Conclude what you found in your result here in abstract. What does the Sodium salinity affect the morphophosiological in rice cultivation?

 

Introduction

• In your introduction write more about types of salinities, causes of salinities and salt stress to plants, and general effects of salinity on crops production. You did not review the most reasons for salinity as I asked you before such as primary salinity, irrigation water as a source of salinity, coastal salinity, fossil salinity, the addition of chemical fertilizers and organic manures, and rainfall.
• Lines 57: (In In addition, several biological). Repeated word, please read the manuscript slowly and quietly to revise the writing.
• Address your objective very clear (this article aim to review the effects of Sodium chloride on morphophysiological characteristics in rice cultivation) the objective should be at the end of introduction.

 

Methodology

• Line 96-99: (By focusing on articles detailing the effects caused mainly by sodium salinity on some biochemical, physiological and morphological processes in agricultural crops, specifically in rice cultivation, it was possible to narrow the search to 133 papers). What were the biochemical, physiological and morphological processes in agricultural crops that you mentioned here, please show the in detail.
• Line 71-72: (Then, the focus was on the influence of salt stress on processes such as biomass accumulation and partitioning, water and nutrient uptake, leaf expansion and effect of salinity on some hormones; leaving 28 papers of interest (Fig 1). Here you should mention all the processes and factors that the sodium salinity influence which you reviewed in this paper in detail and do not say: (such as), because there are the final factors you chose to evaluate. You should be very specific in this and you should classify these factors according to the main classification morphology, physiology, biomass and grain yield, and biochemical classifications. Morphological changes (Poor root growth, Leaf rolling, Leaf tillering, Chlorosis, Leaf burning, and Stunted plant growth), Physiological changes (Inhibition of photosynthesis, Stomatal closure, Decreased water content, Higher concentration of osmolytes, and Lower osmotic potential), Biomass and grain yield (Salt stress, Spikelet sterility, Fewer florets per panicle, Less grain weight, Less grain yield, and Low harvest index), Biochemical changes (Oxidative stress, Altered metabolism, High Na+ transport to shoot, Lower K uptake, and Lower Zn and P uptake).

 

3. Result

• Lines 188 to 192: (The most critical stage in seedling establishment is seed germination,as it determines successful crop production. At these stages it is particularly important to understand plant responses, in order to elucidate the mechanisms of plant resistance or sensitivity to salinity and its super-survival. There are reports of salt-sensitive cultivars of sativa, in which concentrations of 100 mMol NaCl or higher affect the germination of this cereal. [35]). Move this to 3.1.2. Effect of sodium salinity on seedling growth.
• Line 118 – 119: (The results of the 102 documents analyzed are presented according to the specific inclusion criteria established in the methodology). You do not need this explanation just go to the results without this presentation.

 

Point 2: Reply to the reviewer's comments

The points corrected according to the suggestions and comments made were:

Abstract:

We rewrite the abstract, giving a summary of the problem statement, the objective, the methods and the results found.

Introduction:

In this section we discuss more about the types of salinity, the causes of salinity and salt stress in plants and the general effects of this stress on crop production.  Repeated words have been removed and the whole document has been re-read for possible spelling errors.

Methodology:

We show in detail which biochemical, physiological and morphological processes in agricultural crops allowed us to narrow the search to 133 articles.

We ranked the final factors that narrowed the search to 117 articles used in this review.

Result:

Line 118-119: was deleted as suggested.

Lines 188-192: moved to 3.1.2. Effect of sodium salinity on seedling growth. As suggested by the reviewer.

 

All authors are grateful for the opinions and suggestions made, we hope you will be satisfied with the changes made in the article,

 

With best wishes, sincerely

Liuder I. Rodríguez Coca (Corresponding Author).

 

 

Reviewer 2 Report (Previous Reviewer 3)

The review summary the effect of sodium salinity on rice, the content is systematic, however, the conclusion is insipid and does not enlighten the readers. There is so much research in the filed, where is the innovation of future research point at sodium salinity. I suggest to sum up the shortcomings of current research and point out the future research directions.

Author Response

Best regards:

Following the comments and suggestions made by the reviewers, a restructuring and updating of the content of the article " Effects of sodium salinity on rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation: a review." was carried out.

Point 1: Reviewer Comments

The review summary the effect of sodium salinity on rice, the content is systematic, however, the conclusion is insipid and does not enlighten the readers. There is so much research in the filed, where is the innovation of future research point at sodium salinity. I suggest to sum up the shortcomings of current research and point out the future research directions.

 Point 2: Reply to the reviewer's comments

Based on the reviewer's suggestion, the shortcomings of the current research were summarised and future research directions were pointed out in the conclusions and future perspectives.

All authors are grateful for the opinions and suggestions made, we hope you will be satisfied with the changes made in the article,

 Sincerely

Liuder I. Rodríguez Coca (Corresponding Author).

 

 

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report (Previous Reviewer 3)

The review has been revised in the M.S., but direction of future study was not pointed clearly, especially for solving the practical problems of rice production?

Author Response

Best regards:

Following the comments and suggestions made by the reviewers, a restructuring and updating of the content of the article " Effects of sodium salinity on rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation: a review." was carried out.

 

Point 1: Reviewer Comments

The review has been reviewed in the M.S., but the direction of future study has not been clearly pointed out, especially to solve the practical problem of rice production….

 

Point 2: Reply to the reviewer's comments

Based on the reviewer's suggestion, the conclusions and future perspectives were reworked with the aim of giving a practical focus on a possible solution to rice productions affected by salt stress.

                                              

All authors are grateful for the opinions and suggestions made, we hope you will be satisfied with the changes made in the article, 

 Sincerely 

Liuder I. Rodríguez Coca (Corresponding Author)

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 3

Reviewer 2 Report (Previous Reviewer 3)

The author revised the article according to the previous suggestion. The abstract presented that the objective of this article is to review the main effects of sodium salinity on rice cultivation. What I want to know is the enlightenment and defects of current research by analyzing the influence sodium salinity. At present, the MS just shows the influence of sodium salinity on rice growth with physiological changes, and the innovation of manuscripts is very lacking.

Author Response

Best regards:

All authors would like to thank the reviewer for the time spent in reviewing this article, as well as for the comments and suggestions made. As a result of these comments and suggestions from the reviewers, the article "Effects of sodium salinity on rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation: a review" has been restructured and updated.

Point 1: Reviewer Comments

The author revised the article according to the previous suggestion. The abstract presented that the objective of this article is to review the main effects of sodium salinity on rice cultivation. What I want to know is the enlightenment and defects of current research by analyzing the influence sodium salinity. At present, the MS just shows the influence of sodium salinity on rice growth with physiological changes, and the innovation of manuscripts is very lacking.

Point 2: Reply to the reviewer's comments

Based on the reviewer's suggestion, a paragraph touching on enlightenment and defects  of this work was elaborated before the conclusions (Lines:634-648), with the objective of leaving a window open for future research on this topic.

All authors are grateful for the opinions and suggestions made, we hope you will be satisfied with the changes made in the article,

 Sincerely

Liuder I. Rodríguez Coca (Corresponding Author).

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

This manuscript is a resubmission of an earlier submission. The following is a list of the peer review reports and author responses from that submission.

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This review represents a collection of information relative to the physiological effects of high soil salinity on plants/crop and not specifically on rice, as the title reported. Considering the journal "Sustainability", the paper should extensively report the approaches used or suggested to mitigate crop yield reduction due to soil salinization. Indeed this part is very limited in the manuscript (lanes 241-258). I believe that writing adequately this part is mandatory for the novelty of the review, especially considering the journal focus.  The sustainability of the reported approaches should be also discussed.

Minor points:

the abstract should report the main goal of the manuscript, summarize the information reported in the paper and leave the main message to the reader. In the present form, the abstract gives too much importance to the bibliographic sources without meeting the above mentioned requirements. The abstract should be completely re-written.

The part relative to plant hormone is too general and not appropriately focused on hormone involvement in plant response to salt stress.

 

Author Response

Best regards:

Following the comments and suggestions made by the reviewers, the article "Effects of sodium salinity on rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation: a review" was restructured and updated.

The points corrected according to the suggestions and comments made were:

A further search and consultation of scientific bibliography with the objective of deepening on the impact of sodium salinity stress on the main parameters in rice cultivation.

The abstract of the article was made from scratch and the objective of the work was stated in it.

The subindex referring to plant hormones and their participation and reactions to sodium salt stress was deepened.

 

All the authors are grateful for the opinions and suggestions made, we hope that you will be satisfied with the changes made in the article,

 Sincerely

Liuder I. Rodríguez Coca (Corresponding Author).

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

This paper has a very good subject as it studied the effect of salt stress exactly the sodium salinity on rice cultivation. The published articles on this subject are more than people could imagine. So reviewing this published work will not be easy to do. For that, this paper needs major motivation to be accepted for publication.

This article is so far from acceptance, it needs major motivation to be in a good shape that could be accepted. The paper should be organized as I show you in this report. The authors need to add more references and make more citations even for the same subject to strengthen the scientific evidence for the findings. Give more details on the effect of salinity, make it concise, and coverage for the intended field. The work should be more than a simple chronological telling of progress, or a tutorial on the review subject.

 

You should notice that there are many published review articles on the same subject, so you should present very strong paper that gives a new analysis and ideas for future benefits. 

 

Many times you copied and pasted sentences or paragraphs from other sources with minor motivations. The right way in the review to conclude the published work findings in your own words and by your style.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Best regards :

Following the comments and suggestions made by the reviewers, a restructuring and updating of the content of the article "Effects of sodium salinity on rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation: a review" was carried out.

The points corrected according to the suggestions and comments made were:

The article was organized and restructured as recommended in the report (new contents, citations, bibliographic references, etc. were added).

A further search and consultation of scientific bibliography was carried out with the objective of deepening on the impact of sodium salt stress on the main parameters in rice cultivation.

More detail was provided on the effect of sodium salinity in a concise manner on rice cultivation, and several review articles on the subject were included in order to strengthen the work.

All authors are grateful for the opinions and suggestions made, we hope you will be satisfied with the changes made in the article,

 Sincerely

Liuder I. Rodríguez Coca (Corresponding Author).

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 3 Report

This article reviews the effect of salt stress on rice growth and its mechanism. Although some literatures are selected, in general, the number of literatures is far from enough. Several aspects are reviewed in the article, such as the effect of salt stress on several hormones, but the reviews are all on the surface phenomenon, and there is no in-depth analysis, and the discussion on the mechanism is not enough. At present, there have been many studies on the effect of salt stress on rice growth. It is recommended that the author make a good analysis and summary.

Author Response

Best regards :

Following the comments and suggestions made by the reviewers, a restructuring and updating of the content of the article "Effects of sodium salinity on rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation: a review" was carried out.

The points corrected according to the suggestions and comments made were:

The abstract of the paper was restructured and rewritten.

A further search and consultation of scientific bibliography was carried out with the objective of deepening on the impact of sodium salt stress on the main parameters in rice cultivation.

More detail was provided on the effect of sodium salinity in a concise manner on rice cultivation. Several review articles on the subject under discussion were included with the aim of strengthening the work.

All authors are grateful for the opinions and suggestions made, we hope you will be satisfied with the changes made in the article,

 Sincerely

Liuder I. Rodríguez Coca (Corresponding Author).

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

The authors replied to the reviewer's criticisms.

Reviewer 2 Report

The plagiarism is too high 48%, this is not accepted. The plagiarism should be less than 25%. You must fix this.

Please define all abbreviations in your review paper.

Reviewer 3 Report

Although the article has been revised, it still does not address the substantive issues. The content of the review is still too scattered, especially the physiological mechanism, the salt stress mechanism network has not been clearly explained, and the internal relationship between the physiological indicators has not been elucidated. Further more, no suggestive and forward-looking recommendations were concluded. There are many reviews of related content, in my opinion, the current manuscript does not meet the requirements for publication.