Review Reports - Spatial Variability of Soil Properties and Its Effect on Maize Yields within Field—A Case Study in Hungary

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Line 75 - Give a definition of soil in WRB or Soil Taxonomy ?

Line 89-90 - pH in H₂O or KCl. What is proportion soil : liquid

What is the methods of measurement of phosphorus and potassium, zinc?

Is this a total form?

Clay, silt, sand content - What methods?

Line 165-167 - Why in 2002 was measurement pH in H₂O and KCl but in 2006, 2010, 2013 and 2017 only in H₂O ?

Line 177- 184 - What is the p-factor in correlation p<0.01 or p<0.05?

Where the correlated features normally distributed?

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

Thank you for your comments concerning our manuscript entitled “Spatial variability of soil properties and its effect on maize yields within field – a case study in Hungary” (manuscript ID: agronomy-1565847). Your comments are all valuable and very helpful for improving our paper. We have studied the comments carefully and made corresponding revisions. The revised portions are marked in the paper. Please verify the updated content in the manuscript.

We have tried our best to improve the manuscript and made some corresponding modifications to the manuscript. We really appreciate your kindness and help to improve the quality of the manuscript.

Sincerely,

Authors

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Reviewer 2 Report

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