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Current and Prospective Strategies on Detecting and Managing Colletotrichumfalcatum Causing Red Rot of Sugarcane

Agronomy 2020, 10(9), 1253; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10091253

by Md Imam Hossain¹, Khairulmazmi Ahmad^1,2,*

, Yasmeen Siddiqui^2,*, Norsazilawati Saad¹, Ziaur Rahman¹, Ahmed Osumanu Haruna^3,4 and Siti Khairunniza Bejo⁵

Reviewer 1: Anonymous

Reviewer 2: Anonymous

Agronomy 2020, 10(9), 1253; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10091253

Submission received: 24 June 2020 / Revised: 2 August 2020 / Accepted: 14 August 2020 / Published: 26 August 2020

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Production and Breeding Research for Tropical Plantation Crops)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Dear Authors,

I have got your revised manuscript titled 'Current and prospective Strategies on detecting and managing Colletotrichum falcatum causing red rot of sugarcane' with corrections, I have attached the PDF file with minor suggestions and comments.

With Best Regards,

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Current and prospective strategies on detecting and managing Colletotrichum falcatum causing red rot of sugarcane

Manucript ID: agronomy-861009

Thank you very much for the suggestions and comments made by individual reviewers. Following are the line by line responses to the reviewer1. Here is noted that corrections are highlighted in main text in green colour.

Response to the Reviewer (Dell) 1 Comments

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No, After correction

Reviewer Comments

Corrections are made by Authors

225

214

check how the strain number is written ???

Strain=LC0885

Isolate="RR03"

Strain="CBS 127945"

Strain="A97 (CBS 252.59)

Isolate="I-19"

Isolate="I-24"

Isolate="I-38"

Strain="CBS 147945"

Isolate="238"

Isolate="I-27"

The strain/isolate (s) number are checked and are corrected as:

Strain LC0885

Isolate RR03

Strain CBS 127945

Strain A97 (CBS 252.59)

Isolate I-19

Isolate I-24

Isolate I-38

Strain CBS 147945

Isolate 238

Isolate I-27

268-275

245-250

check the font size of paragraph??

across contaminated plants have significantly improved our knowledge on plant responses to biotic stress (Figure 3). In this process, chlorophyll fluorescence is measured as an incident light factor on plant leaves, and variations of the fluorescence parameters is used to examine the response of pathogenic pathogens to changes in photosynthetic system and pathways of photosynthetic proton transport [15, 16, 42]. Temporal and spatial differences in chlorophyll fluorescence had been studied using this approach for successful detection of pathogens with powdery mildew and leaf rust in 470 nm in wheat leaves [42]. This technology can be used for sugarcane leaf disease identification, quick identification of photosynthesis anomalies; however, the practical use of this technique is limited in field settings [72].

The font size of the paragraph is checked and formatted:

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No, After correction

Reviewer Comments

Corrections are made by Authors

762-779

745-751

Try to minimize the repetition of same author references many times. Check the limitations of same author citing.

We understand the limitations of same author citing at the same time we could not find alternative authors reference to support the content in the text. We have tried to minimize the repetition of same author references where possible.

Reviewer 2 Report

As I previously mentioned, it is a great literature compilation that you have accomplished. However, the manuscript remains a little difficult to understand due to the way it is written in English. Some sections do not make sense and would need to be carefully rewritten. I would suggest again to proof-read it with native English speakers. I have pointed out those errors and suggestions. I did not see a major improvement since the last version.

Best regards

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Current and prospective Strategies on detecting and managing Colletotrichum falcatum causing red rot of sugarcane

Manucript ID: agronomy-861009

Thank you very much for the suggestions and comments made by you. Following are the line by line responses to the reviewer 2. Here is noted that corrections are highlighted in main text in red colour.

Response to the Reviewer 2 Comments

Original Line/Tab./ Fig. No	Line/Tab/ Fig. No, After correction	Reviewer Comments	Corrections are made by Authors
59 -60	57	Remove the sentence: species are the world-wide pathogens of sugarcanes	The sentence rephrased as: have been identified as pathogens of sugarcane worldwide.
71	66	Delete the words: of the	The words “of the” are deleted
80-81	71	Delete the word: use to	The words “use to” are deleted
122-124	110-111	Consider re-organizing the sentence: Although the disease in the sugarcane field occurs at early stage in sugarcane plants, it is difficult to identify the disease symptoms at that stage.	The sentence is rephrased as: Usually disease occurs at early growth stages and symptoms are often difficult observe (cite).
139-140	124	Are these your pictures, if not, please cite them.	Yes, All the pictures in Fig. 2 were taken during our disease survey and pathogen identification study. These are the typical symptom of Red rot disease of sugarcane.
190-192	170	Consider removing this sentence: This is laboratory-based methods involving the service of trained staffhence; detailed sample arrangements and skilled data analysis are also needed.	The sentence has been removed now
277	259	Was this pipeline generated by you, if not, please cite. Figure 3. Flowchart of the leaf disease detection algorithm	Citation is added: (Adopted from Khan et al. 2017).
294-296	278-280	Was this image created by you, if not, cite it! Figure 4. Thermal images of (a) healthy palm (b) basal stem rot (BSR)-infected palm. When the images used the same scaled, it is clearly shown that temperature of the leaves taken from BSR-infected palm are higher than the healthy palm.	Yes, these images in Fig 4. were captured by one of the co-author in her original research.
340-341	348-349	Change to something more general like: it requires small amount of nucleic acid in the bacterial cells and PCR should be performed before the testing process	The sentence is rearranged as: it requires small amount of nucleic acid and PCR is often required before continuing to the downstream analysis.
356-357	365-366	I would avoid sayings, and include literature about how cultural practices have been focused on prevention, and cite examples in plant pathology. As the saying goes, “prevention is better than cure”. Opting for healthy cultural methods as a preventive measure should be of utmost priority.	The sentence is rephrased as: Opting for the good agricultural practices and integrating cultural and biological control methods as a preventive measure should be of utmost priority

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

Dear Authors,

Comments and suggestions for the Review manuscript: Current and prospective Strategies on detecting and managing Colletotrichum falcatum causing red rot of sugarcane, submitted to Journal: Agronomy, is attached in PDF file.

With Best,

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Current and prospective strategies on detecting and managing Colletotrichum falcatum causing red rot of sugarcane

Manucript ID: agronomy-823361

Response to the Reviewer (Dell) 1 Comments

Original Line/Tab./ Fig. No	Line/Tab/ Fig. No, After correction	Reviewer Comments	Corrections are made by Authors
16	22	Check the word? industrialcrop	Corrected to industrial crop
18,19	25	Check the word? Colletotrichum falcatumWent's	The name Went is "authority" –scientist(s) who first published the name. It is corrected asColletotrichum falcatum Went causes
21	26-27	Change the word appropriately... C. falcatum as the main pathogen which eventually affects and kills the infected sugarcane plant.	The whole sentence is rephrased as: Moreover, many research reports had suggested C. falcatum as the main pathogen which infects sugarcane plants to death.
29	36	Colletotrichum falcatum, Sugarcane, red rot disease, detection and management	Correct format is followed: Colletotrichum falcatum; Sugarcane; red rot disease; detection and management
32,33	41	Add references to the statement.	The references are added : [67,91]
34,35	43	Add references to the statement.	The reference is added : [59]
52, 53		This is repetition of line 47-49. Whereas the losses arising from the disease region combine abiotic and biotic stresses which are responsible for low sugarcane yield and productivity.	The repetition lines are deleted from Manucript
54-56	59	References for the mentioned data??	The references for the mentioned data are added: [78,88]
59	61	Check the format....	The reference is reformatted according to the journal as: [41]
80	82	Ascomycota	Ascomycota
84	86	Sharma et al., [71] (check the format....?)	The reference is reformatted according to the journal:Sharma et al.[76]
87	88	Viswanathan et al.,[94] (check the format....?)	The reference is reformatted according to the journal Viswanathan et al.[100]
103	102	placementof	Correceted as: placement of
Fig.1	110	Check this marks and remove it from the Fig.1.	The figure has been reformatted.
115	118	(Satyavir, 2003)	The reference is reformatted according to the journal: [71]
132	134	Figure 2. disease symptoms of red rot on different plant parts and stages ofsugarcane in the field. (No other organism is present other than red rot???)	All the pictures in Fig. 2 were taken during our disease survey and pathogen identification study. These are the typical symptom of Red rot disease of sugarcane and pathogen isolated from the symptomatic tissues was confirmed as C. falcatum Leaving any doubt on involvement of other pathogens
164	167	Viswanathan et al., [101]	Correction made according to the journal format: Viswanathan et al.[101]

Original Line/Tab./ Fig. No	Line/Tab/ Fig. No, After correction	Reviewer Comments	Corrections are made by Authors
166	169-170	Alsofoundthat , Khalid et al., [40]	corrected as Also found that, Khalid et al.[40]
181	182	This islaboratory-based	Corrected as: This is laboratory-based
194	194	fungal detection tool like Colletotrichum spp. [53]. This is fungal detection tool????	No this is not a fungal detection tool. Sorry this is a typing error. Corrected as: to detect fungi such as Colletotrichum spp. [53].
197	197	tabulated Table 1 [103].	Changed to: were retrieved as presented in table 1 [103].
203	203	(Singh et al., 2012).	Corrected as journal format :Singh et al.[81]
208	209	thatC. Falcatum	Sorry this is a typing error corrected as: that C. falcatum
214	216	Scindiya et al.,[73]	Corrected as journal formate : Scindiya et al. [73]
225	226	Nandakumar et al., [55]	Corrected as journal format : Nandakumar et al.[55]
228	228	eGFP	Sorry this is a typing error corrected as: GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein)
239	240	Padhy et al.,[62]	Corrected as journal formate :Padhy et al.[62]
243-244	-	Indiawas flowcharted in Figure 3 [42].	The sentence is deleted during correction
245	245-246	upto1.5 meter and 3 inches	Sorry this is a typing error corrected as: vary up to 60 inches
251-252	251	quick (without delay)	The similar meaning word “without delay” deleted and appropriate word is used: Rapid
261, Fig 3	275	Check this?	The figure has been reformatted.
266	280	Thistechnology	This typing is error and corrected as: This technology
284, Fig.4	285-298	Add more details figure 4 about fluorescences..	Fig. 4 was not a thermographic image and has been replaced by another figure on thermographic imaging; This is the original work from one of our co authors.
309, Fig 5	360	Check this? (AdoptedfromApan& Held, 2002).	The figure has been reformatted. Corrected as: Adopted from Apan & Held, 2002
316	367	viruses, fungi and.	corrected the words as: viruses and fungi
339-340	390-391	Prevention is always better than cure. Opting healthy cultural methods as a preventive measure is always a better option.	The whole sentence is rephrased as: As the saying goes “Prevention is better than cure” optinghealthy cultural methods as a preventive measure to control red rot should be of utmost priority.
357	406	The aforementioned practices	It is the synonymous word of above mentioned
361-363	410-412	The primary source of pathogen inoculums for the annual recurrence of red rot disease is infected planting materials [89]. Researchers using heat therapy to suppress settborne red rot infection have been documented. Talukdar et al., [83]. Check this sentence not making any sense?	The whole sentence is rephrased as: Infected planting materials are the primary source of pathogen inoculums for the occurrence of red rot disease in sugarcane field ensue and thrive [89]. Many researchers had documented that sett borne red rot infection was suppressed by using heat therapy. Talukdar et al.

Original Line/Tab./ Fig. No	Line/Tab/ Fig. No, After correction	Reviewer Comments	Corrections are made by Authors
369	415	50⁰	Corrected: 50⁰ C
375	422	C. falcatumin-vitro,	Sorry again this is a typing error corrected as:C. falcatum in-vitro,
377	424	C.falcatummycelia	Corrected as C. falcatum mycelia
386	425	Shailbala and Kumar [70]	Corrected as : [75]
390	436	thatchemical	Corrected words as : that chemical
395	-	destroythe	The word is deleted from the manuscript during correction for improving English language.
417	457	Singh et al., [82]	Corrected as journal format :Singh et al. [82]
421	460	discovered the β-1, 3glucanasegene expression	The typing error is corrected as : discovered the β-1, 3- glucanasegene expression
438	475	agentsplant	The typing error is corrected as: agents plant
482	478	inhabitC. falcatum	Corrected as: inhabit C. falcatum
449	484	Acinetobactersp.	Corrected as: Acinetobacter sp.
453	487	Escherichiasp	Corrected as: Escherichia sp.
467	499	Table 2.	Corrected as: in Table 2.
471	502	in inhibiting C. falcatum	Corrected as: mitigate C. falcatum
Table 2	499	Vishawanathanet.al., 2003 Malathiet al., 2008	Corrected as: Malathi et al. 2008
524	555	Colletotrichum falcatumWent;	Corrected as: Colletotrichum falcatum Went;
Refferences	554-797	References are not arranged according to journal format, some of them Looks like an orphan references. Need to check.	All references are rearranged as journal format

Current and prospective strategies on detecting and managing Colletotrichum falcatum causing red rot of sugarcane

Manucript ID: agronomy-823361

Response to the Reviewer (Dell) 1 Comments

Original Line/Tab./ Fig. No	Line/Tab/ Fig. No, After correction	Reviewer Comments	Corrections are made by Authors
16	22	Check the word? industrialcrop	Corrected to industrial crop
18,19	25	Check the word? Colletotrichum falcatumWent's	The name Went is "authority" –scientist(s) who first published the name. It is corrected asColletotrichum falcatum Went causes
21	26-27	Change the word appropriately... C. falcatum as the main pathogen which eventually affects and kills the infected sugarcane plant.	The whole sentence is rephrased as: Moreover, many research reports had suggested C. falcatum as the main pathogen which infects sugarcane plants to death.
29	36	Colletotrichum falcatum, Sugarcane, red rot disease, detection and management	Correct format is followed: Colletotrichum falcatum; Sugarcane; red rot disease; detection and management
32,33	41	Add references to the statement.	The references are added : [67,91]
34,35	43	Add references to the statement.	The reference is added : [59]
52, 53		This is repetition of line 47-49. Whereas the losses arising from the disease region combine abiotic and biotic stresses which are responsible for low sugarcane yield and productivity.	The repetition lines are deleted from Manucript
54-56	59	References for the mentioned data??	The references for the mentioned data are added: [78,88]
59	61	Check the format....	The reference is reformatted according to the journal as: [41]
80	82	Ascomycota	Ascomycota
84	86	Sharma et al., [71] (check the format....?)	The reference is reformatted according to the journal:Sharma et al.[76]
87	88	Viswanathan et al.,[94] (check the format....?)	The reference is reformatted according to the journal Viswanathan et al.[100]
103	102	placementof	Correceted as: placement of
Fig.1	110	Check this marks and remove it from the Fig.1.	The figure has been reformatted.
115	118	(Satyavir, 2003)	The reference is reformatted according to the journal: [71]
132	134	Figure 2. disease symptoms of red rot on different plant parts and stages ofsugarcane in the field. (No other organism is present other than red rot???)	All the pictures in Fig. 2 were taken during our disease survey and pathogen identification study. These are the typical symptom of Red rot disease of sugarcane and pathogen isolated from the symptomatic tissues was confirmed as C. falcatum Leaving any doubt on involvement of other pathogens
164	167	Viswanathan et al., [101]	Correction made according to the journal format: Viswanathan et al.[101]

Original Line/Tab./ Fig. No	Line/Tab/ Fig. No, After correction	Reviewer Comments	Corrections are made by Authors
166	169-170	Alsofoundthat , Khalid et al., [40]	corrected as Also found that, Khalid et al.[40]
181	182	This islaboratory-based	Corrected as: This is laboratory-based
194	194	fungal detection tool like Colletotrichum spp. [53]. This is fungal detection tool????	No this is not a fungal detection tool. Sorry this is a typing error. Corrected as: to detect fungi such as Colletotrichum spp. [53].
197	197	tabulated Table 1 [103].	Changed to: were retrieved as presented in table 1 [103].
203	203	(Singh et al., 2012).	Corrected as journal format :Singh et al.[81]
208	209	thatC. Falcatum	Sorry this is a typing error corrected as: that C. falcatum
214	216	Scindiya et al.,[73]	Corrected as journal formate : Scindiya et al. [73]
225	226	Nandakumar et al., [55]	Corrected as journal format : Nandakumar et al.[55]
228	228	eGFP	Sorry this is a typing error corrected as: GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein)
239	240	Padhy et al.,[62]	Corrected as journal formate :Padhy et al.[62]
243-244	-	Indiawas flowcharted in Figure 3 [42].	The sentence is deleted during correction
245	245-246	upto1.5 meter and 3 inches	Sorry this is a typing error corrected as: vary up to 60 inches
251-252	251	quick (without delay)	The similar meaning word “without delay” deleted and appropriate word is used: Rapid
261, Fig 3	275	Check this?	The figure has been reformatted.
266	280	Thistechnology	This typing is error and corrected as: This technology
284, Fig.4	285-298	Add more details figure 4 about fluorescences..	Fig. 4 was not a thermographic image and has been replaced by another figure on thermographic imaging; This is the original work from one of our co authors.
309, Fig 5	360	Check this? (AdoptedfromApan& Held, 2002).	The figure has been reformatted. Corrected as: Adopted from Apan & Held, 2002
316	367	viruses, fungi and.	corrected the words as: viruses and fungi
339-340	390-391	Prevention is always better than cure. Opting healthy cultural methods as a preventive measure is always a better option.	The whole sentence is rephrased as: As the saying goes “Prevention is better than cure” optinghealthy cultural methods as a preventive measure to control red rot should be of utmost priority.
357	406	The aforementioned practices	It is the synonymous word of above mentioned
361-363	410-412	The primary source of pathogen inoculums for the annual recurrence of red rot disease is infected planting materials [89]. Researchers using heat therapy to suppress settborne red rot infection have been documented. Talukdar et al., [83]. Check this sentence not making any sense?	The whole sentence is rephrased as: Infected planting materials are the primary source of pathogen inoculums for the occurrence of red rot disease in sugarcane field ensue and thrive [89]. Many researchers had documented that sett borne red rot infection was suppressed by using heat therapy. Talukdar et al.

Original Line/Tab./ Fig. No	Line/Tab/ Fig. No, After correction	Reviewer Comments	Corrections are made by Authors
369	415	50⁰	Corrected: 50⁰ C
375	422	C. falcatumin-vitro,	Sorry again this is a typing error corrected as:C. falcatum in-vitro,
377	424	C.falcatummycelia	Corrected as C. falcatum mycelia
386	425	Shailbala and Kumar [70]	Corrected as : [75]
390	436	thatchemical	Corrected words as : that chemical
395	-	destroythe	The word is deleted from the manuscript during correction for improving English language.
417	457	Singh et al., [82]	Corrected as journal format :Singh et al. [82]
421	460	discovered the β-1, 3glucanasegene expression	The typing error is corrected as : discovered the β-1, 3- glucanasegene expression
438	475	agentsplant	The typing error is corrected as: agents plant
482	478	inhabitC. falcatum	Corrected as: inhabit C. falcatum
449	484	Acinetobactersp.	Corrected as: Acinetobacter sp.
453	487	Escherichiasp	Corrected as: Escherichia sp.
467	499	Table 2.	Corrected as: in Table 2.
471	502	in inhibiting C. falcatum	Corrected as: mitigate C. falcatum
Table 2	499	Vishawanathanet.al., 2003 Malathiet al., 2008	Corrected as: Malathi et al. 2008
524	555	Colletotrichum falcatumWent;	Corrected as: Colletotrichum falcatum Went;
Refferences	554-797	References are not arranged according to journal format, some of them Looks like an orphan references. Need to check.	All references are rearranged as journal format

Current and prospective strategies on detecting and managing Colletotrichum falcatum causing red rot of sugarcane

Manucript ID: agronomy-823361

Response to the Reviewer (Dell) 1 Comments

Original Line/Tab./ Fig. No	Line/Tab/ Fig. No, After correction	Reviewer Comments	Corrections are made by Authors
16	22	Check the word? industrialcrop	Corrected to industrial crop
18,19	25	Check the word? Colletotrichum falcatumWent's	The name Went is "authority" –scientist(s) who first published the name. It is corrected asColletotrichum falcatum Went causes
21	26-27	Change the word appropriately... C. falcatum as the main pathogen which eventually affects and kills the infected sugarcane plant.	The whole sentence is rephrased as: Moreover, many research reports had suggested C. falcatum as the main pathogen which infects sugarcane plants to death.
29	36	Colletotrichum falcatum, Sugarcane, red rot disease, detection and management	Correct format is followed: Colletotrichum falcatum; Sugarcane; red rot disease; detection and management
32,33	41	Add references to the statement.	The references are added : [67,91]
34,35	43	Add references to the statement.	The reference is added : [59]
52, 53		This is repetition of line 47-49. Whereas the losses arising from the disease region combine abiotic and biotic stresses which are responsible for low sugarcane yield and productivity.	The repetition lines are deleted from Manucript
54-56	59	References for the mentioned data??	The references for the mentioned data are added: [78,88]
59	61	Check the format....	The reference is reformatted according to the journal as: [41]
80	82	Ascomycota	Ascomycota
84	86	Sharma et al., [71] (check the format....?)	The reference is reformatted according to the journal:Sharma et al.[76]
87	88	Viswanathan et al.,[94] (check the format....?)	The reference is reformatted according to the journal Viswanathan et al.[100]
103	102	placementof	Correceted as: placement of
Fig.1	110	Check this marks and remove it from the Fig.1.	The figure has been reformatted.
115	118	(Satyavir, 2003)	The reference is reformatted according to the journal: [71]
132	134	Figure 2. disease symptoms of red rot on different plant parts and stages ofsugarcane in the field. (No other organism is present other than red rot???)	All the pictures in Fig. 2 were taken during our disease survey and pathogen identification study. These are the typical symptom of Red rot disease of sugarcane and pathogen isolated from the symptomatic tissues was confirmed as C. falcatum Leaving any doubt on involvement of other pathogens
164	167	Viswanathan et al., [101]	Correction made according to the journal format: Viswanathan et al.[101]

Original Line/Tab./ Fig. No	Line/Tab/ Fig. No, After correction	Reviewer Comments	Corrections are made by Authors
166	169-170	Alsofoundthat , Khalid et al., [40]	corrected as Also found that, Khalid et al.[40]
181	182	This islaboratory-based	Corrected as: This is laboratory-based
194	194	fungal detection tool like Colletotrichum spp. [53]. This is fungal detection tool????	No this is not a fungal detection tool. Sorry this is a typing error. Corrected as: to detect fungi such as Colletotrichum spp. [53].
197	197	tabulated Table 1 [103].	Changed to: were retrieved as presented in table 1 [103].
203	203	(Singh et al., 2012).	Corrected as journal format :Singh et al.[81]
208	209	thatC. Falcatum	Sorry this is a typing error corrected as: that C. falcatum
214	216	Scindiya et al.,[73]	Corrected as journal formate : Scindiya et al. [73]
225	226	Nandakumar et al., [55]	Corrected as journal format : Nandakumar et al.[55]
228	228	eGFP	Sorry this is a typing error corrected as: GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein)
239	240	Padhy et al.,[62]	Corrected as journal formate :Padhy et al.[62]
243-244	-	Indiawas flowcharted in Figure 3 [42].	The sentence is deleted during correction
245	245-246	upto1.5 meter and 3 inches	Sorry this is a typing error corrected as: vary up to 60 inches
251-252	251	quick (without delay)	The similar meaning word “without delay” deleted and appropriate word is used: Rapid
261, Fig 3	275	Check this?	The figure has been reformatted.
266	280	Thistechnology	This typing is error and corrected as: This technology
284, Fig.4	285-298	Add more details figure 4 about fluorescences..	Fig. 4 was not a thermographic image and has been replaced by another figure on thermographic imaging; This is the original work from one of our co authors.
309, Fig 5	360	Check this? (AdoptedfromApan& Held, 2002).	The figure has been reformatted. Corrected as: Adopted from Apan & Held, 2002
316	367	viruses, fungi and.	corrected the words as: viruses and fungi
339-340	390-391	Prevention is always better than cure. Opting healthy cultural methods as a preventive measure is always a better option.	The whole sentence is rephrased as: As the saying goes “Prevention is better than cure” optinghealthy cultural methods as a preventive measure to control red rot should be of utmost priority.
357	406	The aforementioned practices	It is the synonymous word of above mentioned
361-363	410-412	The primary source of pathogen inoculums for the annual recurrence of red rot disease is infected planting materials [89]. Researchers using heat therapy to suppress settborne red rot infection have been documented. Talukdar et al., [83]. Check this sentence not making any sense?	The whole sentence is rephrased as: Infected planting materials are the primary source of pathogen inoculums for the occurrence of red rot disease in sugarcane field ensue and thrive [89]. Many researchers had documented that sett borne red rot infection was suppressed by using heat therapy. Talukdar et al.

Original Line/Tab./ Fig. No	Line/Tab/ Fig. No, After correction	Reviewer Comments	Corrections are made by Authors
369	415	50⁰	Corrected: 50⁰ C
375	422	C. falcatumin-vitro,	Sorry again this is a typing error corrected as:C. falcatum in-vitro,
377	424	C.falcatummycelia	Corrected as C. falcatum mycelia
386	425	Shailbala and Kumar [70]	Corrected as : [75]
390	436	thatchemical	Corrected words as : that chemical
395	-	destroythe	The word is deleted from the manuscript during correction for improving English language.
417	457	Singh et al., [82]	Corrected as journal format :Singh et al. [82]
421	460	discovered the β-1, 3glucanasegene expression	The typing error is corrected as : discovered the β-1, 3- glucanasegene expression
438	475	agentsplant	The typing error is corrected as: agents plant
482	478	inhabitC. falcatum	Corrected as: inhabit C. falcatum
449	484	Acinetobactersp.	Corrected as: Acinetobacter sp.
453	487	Escherichiasp	Corrected as: Escherichia sp.
467	499	Table 2.	Corrected as: in Table 2.
471	502	in inhibiting C. falcatum	Corrected as: mitigate C. falcatum
Table 2	499	Vishawanathanet.al., 2003 Malathiet al., 2008	Corrected as: Malathi et al. 2008
524	555	Colletotrichum falcatumWent;	Corrected as: Colletotrichum falcatum Went;
Refferences	554-797	References are not arranged according to journal format, some of them Looks like an orphan references. Need to check.	All references are rearranged as journal format

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

Please find per-line comments in the attached PDF document. In summary, this manuscript looks relevant to the field, given that there is not a comprehensive review of this pathogen. However, an extensive review will need to be done to improve the English in the manuscript. I have highlighted many errors and difficult to understand sentences. I would suggest that you proof-read with English speakers/translators or similar before submitting the new version.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Current and prospective Strategies on detecting and managing Colletotrichum falcatum causing red rot of sugarcane

Manucript ID: agronomy-823361

Thank you very much for the suggestions and comments made by individual reviewers. Following are the line by line responses to the reviewer 2. Here is noted that corrections are highlighted in main text in orange colour.

Response to the Reviewer 2 Comments

Original Line/Tab./ Fig. No	Line/Tab/ Fig. No, After correction	Reviewer Comments	Corrections are made by Authors
23	-	Checked the Word: Andcause	The word is deleted from the manuscript during correction for improving English language.
34,35	43	Add citation	The Citation is added:[26]
38-40	48	Add citation	The Citation is added:[59]
43-45	50-51	Consider re-organizing the sentence: Beside, by organizing capital, creating job opportunities, providing a source of income and establishing transport and communication networks, the sugar industry has been identified as an industry with a strong socio-economic development emphasizing in rural areas of sugar cane growing countries.	The whole sentence is rephrased as: Also, the sugar industry is playing a key role in improving the socio-economic status of many people through resource mobilization, job, and rural infrastructural development in the sugarcane growing countries.
54-56	58-59	Add citation	The Citation for the mentioned data are added :[ 78, 88]
56	59	Went ??	The name Went is "authority" –scientist(s) who first published the name Colletotrichum falcatum
59-61	62	Rephrase this sentence. The global sugarcane yield losses ranging from 5-50% and sugar recovery losses 31%causes to red rot depending on cultivars, climate and pathogen strains had been reported	The whole sentence is rephrased as: This disease reduces sugarcane yield by 5-50% resulting in 31% sugar recovery
68-69	69-70	Rephrase this sentence: It is also very difficult to be controlled this pathogen in the farmer’s field, as this fungus changes its genetic make-up constantly	The sentence is Rephrased as: Additionally, the management of the red rot disease in the field is difficult as the genetic make-up of this fungus changes continuously
76 77	77	Remove , Add the Sentence: techniques of red rot	Comma (,) is removed The Sentence is Added as: techniques of the red rot disease in the field and laboratory
93-94	93-94	Use connectors to justify why you determined that it is "very important" to identifify......	The justification of the statement as:C. falcatum causes huge sugarcane yield loses every year. Till now there is no effective method to control fungus because of genetic make of this pathogen changes continuously. So more variation observed of this pathogen. If we identify the extent of pathogen diversity and the way infection occurs it is easy to develop an effective disease control method against this fungus.

Original Line/Tab./ Fig. No	Line/Tab/ Fig. No, After correction	Reviewer Comments	Corrections are made by Authors
113	117	Replace the word :fact	The word fact is replaced as: evidence
115	118	Rearrange the word: conditions of environment	The words are rearranged as: environmental conditions
116-117	118-120	Rephrase the sentence: Although the occurrence of the disease in the sugarcane field the in advance period of infection but it could difficult to detect the symptom of the disease at that stages	The whole sentence rephrased as: Although the disease in the sugarcane field occurs at early stage in sugarcane plants, it is difficult to identify the disease symptoms at that stage.
121	124	Replace the word: alter	The word is corrected as: alterations
126	128	Replace the word: last	The word is corrected as: late
175, 176	178	Name the author of the study again	The author of the study is named again as: [101]
195	194	Remove the word “Just”	The word “Just” is Removed
197	197	Re-write the word: is tabulated Table 1	The words are corrected as: were retrieved as presented in table 1
206	207, 208	Replace the words: genome , of	The words are corrected as: genome size , containing
207	208	Replace the word: gene	The word is corrected as: genes
225	226	Re-write the word: In a noble research conducted Remove the word: it was	The words are rearranged as: A research conducted The word “it was” were removed
226	227	Replaced the Word: for	Word is Replaced as: to
324	374	Replaced the Word: promises, Remove the Word: because of Add the Word: requires	The word is Replaced as: promising The word ‘because of” is Removed The word ‘requires” is added
425	464	Re-arrange the word: Virulent two pathotypes	The words are rearrange as: Two virulent pathotypes
428	466	Were together???	Word is corrected as: showed
429	467	Replaced the Word: is occurred	Word is Replaced as: occurs
431, 432	469	Just add the name of the pathogen in place of the most damaging pathogen of the sugarcane	The name of the pathogen is added as: C. falcatum
457	490	Add the Word: of	The word is added as: of
484	514	Law, in which country? Quarantine Law provides for the regulated export and import of plants, microbes, and soil.	It is actually the general definition of plant quarantine of any country, so the sentence re-written as: Plant quarantine law provides for the regulated export and import of plants, microbes, and soil of a country.
488, 489	517-518	Is this about an specific country, continent. Mention this in the paragraph. Only research stations with valid phytosanitary certificates should procure seed content from outside the state.	Yes this statement is applicable for specific country Mentioned it as: Only research stations with valid phytosanitary certificates should procure seeds from outside respective countries

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