Local Factors Impact Accuracy of Garlic Tissue Test Diagnosis

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This research uses a novel machine learning approach to determine diagnostic criteria for garlic nutrition in Brazil.  Overall there is a comprehensive data set that was used for machine learning and smaller data set for validation.  The manuscript will be of interest to the readership of Agronomy and those involved with garlic nutrition.  One issue that was not adequately discussed is that irrigation amounts were not recorded so it unclear how meaningful precipitation is in the model.   Some discussion is needed to address this lack of information.  Specific comments are provided in attached PDF. 

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Author Response

Resposta detalhada aos revisores

Caros Editores

Agradecemos todo o tempo e esforços que os editores e revisores dedicaram para ajudar na publicação deste manuscrito. Os autores revisaram o manuscrito cuidadosamente, levando em consideração todos os comentários e sugestões e consideram que melhorou a apresentação geral e o conteúdo do artigo. Abaixo você encontrará respostas detalhadas a todos os comentários enviados pelos revisores e pelos editores. Todas as alterações feitas no manuscrito foram destacadas usando o recurso “Track Changes” no Microsoft Word.
Agradecemos sua consideração deste manuscrito para publicação.

Atenciosamente,
Álvaro Luís Pasquetti Berghetti

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

The aim of the article under review is to determine the nutritional status of garlic in local conditions using different factors. Given the topic, the article should be of great interest.
The article is well structured. All relevant information is included in the material and methods chapter, the results are presented in a clear and illustrative way, and the discussion and conclusion chapters clearly show the main points of the work.
The only shortcoming of the article is that the introduction section could have been more explicit on the possible future effects of climate change on garlic cultivation, which would be important as this crop is very climate sensitive. Similar aspects could perhaps be added to the discussion section.

Some publications that I suggest studying and possibly include:

Mahmudah, N., & June, T. (2021). Adaptive Garlic Farming on Climate Change and Variability in Lombok. Agromet, 35(2), 116-124.

Choi, S., & Baek, J. (2016). Garlic yields estimation using climate data. Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society, 27(4), 969-977.

Dinda, W. P., & Triharyanto, E. (2020). Effects of mulch on growth and yield of garlic bulbils at various fertilizing doses. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 423, No. 1, p. 012033). IOP Publishing.

Sánchez-Virosta Á, Sánchez-Gómez D. Thermography as a Tool to Assess Inter-Cultivar Variability in Garlic Performance along Variations of Soil Water Availability. Remote Sensing. 2020; 12(18):2990. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12182990

Martínez-López JA, López-Urrea R, Martínez-Romero Á, Pardo JJ, Montoya F, Domínguez A. Improving the Sustainability and Profitability of Oat and Garlic Crops in a Mediterranean Agro-Ecosystem under Water-Scarce Conditions. Agronomy. 2022; 12(8):1950. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12081950

Djanie A, Harper S, Cave R. The Effect of Heat Treatments and Drip Line Placements on The Yield and Quality of Garlic. Proceedings. 2019; 36(1):120. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019036120

Author Response

Detailed Response to Reviewers

Dear Editors

We appreciate all the time and efforts that the editors and the reviewers have put into aiding with the publication of this manuscript. The authors have reviewed the manuscript carefully taking all the comments and suggestions into account and feel that it has improved the overall presentation and content of the paper.  Below you will find detailed responses to all comments sent by the reviewers and by the editors. All the changes made on the manuscript were highlighted using the “Track Changes” feature in Microsoft Word.
We appreciate your consideration of this manuscript for publication.

Best regards,
Álvaro Luís Pasquetti Berghetti

Author Response File: Author Response.docx