Status of the Ex Situ and In Situ Conservation of Brazilian Crop Wild Relatives of Rice, Potato, Sweet Potato, and Finger Millet: Filling the Gaps of Germplasm Collections

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This is a well-prepared manuscript. Sweetpotato should be noted as Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. in Section 2.1.  This reviewer has not previously seen the crop spelled with a hyphen (sweet-potato). 

  

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,
Thank you very much for the comments on the manuscript.
The scientific name of Ipomoea batatas and de common name for sweet potato have been corrected.

For improvements in the text, some minor changes were also made to the title, abstract and acknowledgements.

Regards

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

I've made a few suggested edits. 

There's one section where the English needs to be reworked. 

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,
Thank you very much for the comments on the manuscript.
The section that needed English review has been corrected.

For improvements in the text, some minor changes were also made to the title, abstract and acknowledgements.

Regards,

 

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Reviewer 3 Report

1). Manuscript ID: Agronomy-1145871 

2). Manuscript Title: Status of ex situ and in situ conservation of Brazilian crop wild relatives of rice, potato, sweet potato, and finger millet: filling the gaps of germplasm collections

3. Comments:

The research described in this article was carried out in an efficient manner. However, the authors should have submitted a properly edited manuscript for reviewing. Please revise the manuscript based on the following comments.

--Moderate English changes required. Edit the manuscript thoroughly before submission.

--Follow the Journal format while revising the manuscript.

--Add scientific authority at the end of binomial names of all species when they are mentioned for the first time in the manuscript.

--Include full forms of all abbreviations/acronyms mentioned in the manuscript.

--Include line numbers before submitting the manuscript. It will be convenient for reviewers to comment upon.

Author Response

Dear Reviwer,

 

Many thanks for your comments.

The changes were made as requested, which included:

-Moderate English changes required. Edit the manuscript thoroughly before submission

The manuscript was English edited by MDPI Englisg editing servisse.

--Follow the Journal format while revising the manuscript.

We followed the Journal format.

--Add scientific authority at the end of binomial names of all species when they are mentioned for the first time in the manuscript.

We have added scientific authority at the endo f binomial names

--Include full forms of all abbreviations/acronyms mentioned in the manuscript.

We have included these abbreviations.

--Include line numbers before submitting the manuscript. It will be convenient for reviewers to comment upon.

We have included line numbers.

Sincerely,

Marcelo B. Medeiros

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