Identification of Peanut Cultivars with Low Cadmium Contents and Their Rhizosphere Microbial Characteristics in Alkaline and Acidic Cadmium-Contaminated Fields

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

An interesting paper deserving publication.

In my opinion it is much too long, with complete detailed description of all methods, including agriculture.

Precision of †he data is less than 10%, never 0.01%! a very usual mistake. NOT 149.59 +/- 10.75  it is actually 150 +/- 11.

Many figs should be replaced by a table, e.g. the ones with a few results (fig 1e, 2a & b) ;

on the other hand, some are extremely complicated and can't be read! they need simplification; e.g. fig 2d, figs 5.

 

Specific comments:

• What is the main question addressed by the research?

• Do you consider the topic original or relevant to the field? Does it address a specific gap in the field? Please also explain why this is/ is not
the case.

 An important developing approach: possible mechanisms of de-pollution, especially by stable pollutants like heavy metals and organochlorines. It should concern many scientific studies.  

• What does it add to the subject area compared with other published material?  

I am not aware of similar studies on Cd pollution.   

• Are the conclusions consistent with the evidence and arguments presented and do they address the main question posed? Please also explain why this is/is not the case.  

basically yes   

• Are the references appropriate?

It seems but this is too far from my topics to have a clear opinion  

Addendum: as mentioned, the article is extremely long and detailed in the methodology. a possible reaction is to refuse the complementary data/ supplements and replace them by  single message: complete data sets are available at e-mail address.

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

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