Relationship between the Dynamic Characteristics of Tomato Plant Height and Leaf Area Index with Yield, under Aerated Drip Irrigation and Nitrogen Application in Greenhouses
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
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Reviewer 2 Report
The paper 'Relationship between the dynamic characteristics of tomato plant height and leaf area index with yield, under aerated drip irrigation and nitrogen application in greenhouse' deals with an interesting subject in today's context of improving nutrient and irrigation strategies. In this, authors studied the dynamic characteristics of tomato plant height and LAI under different irrigation methods (aerated and conventional) and nitrogen rates applications and characterized quantitatively using effective cumulative temperature to provide a theoretical basis for dynamic simulation and accurate prediction of greenhouse tomato growth using aerated drip irrigation and nitrogen application rates, which is of great interest.
There are some minor issues in the presentation of the manuscript which need to be addressed, provided below:
L 12: wherein...
L 45: Revise the statement considering it is also grown in other regions; temperate to arid regions, under open or controlled environments. As you mentioned, this study was also conducted in a Temperate continental climate.
L 47: correct the word 'incidence'
L 48: correct as 'facilities'
L 50: correct it as 'results'
L 80: describes
L 84: nitrogen
L 86: sigmoid
L 88: winter
L 89: relationship
L 92: investigation
L 94: independent
L 95: As being a running sentence, use small letter for each of three objectives e.g., 1) apply the.......; 2) to work......; 3) utilization of.....
L 112: East-West..
L 112: instead write 'trap maximum'' solar radiation.
L 126: replace is with 'was laid in'
L 126: small letter in aerated
L 138: Delete tube; its understandable.
L 139: replace 'is' with 'was'
L 140: replace 'each plot was' with measuring
L 141: write accommodating 12 tomato plants instead of 'and 12 tomato plants were transplanted into it'
L 142: replace 'remain' with 'keep'
L 143: belt seems inappropriate word in drip system...use drip irrigation pipe or tube or lateral.
L 150: Check the statement, seems incomplete.
L 257: Scientific expression, as well as English language improvement, are required as at several instances statements are not clear or unnecessarily stretched. E.g., L 261-266.
L 262: do you mean the final growth stage?
L 264-265: The increase is 1 to 5%, which seems very less, which is without statistical evidence, of whether the increase was significant or not.
L 301 and others: It is suggested to provide details of treatments i.e., N0C, N0A, and likewise in table foot. Likewise, in other tables too.
L 355: What do you mean by same s below here?
L 379: Table requires description in the foot about treatments and significance.
L 502: It's not logical to state increase over absolute control, where no Nitrogen was applied.
L 550: Insert an introductory statement lining the three conclusions in one paragraph point by point to avoid splitting them.
Best
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Reviewer 3 Report
The purpose of the article he was reported to investigate the dynamic characteristics of the tomato crop, such as its plant height and leaf area index, based on the effective cumulative temperature. Overall, demonstrates that provide a scientific basis for regulating the growth dynamics and yield of vegetables in greenhouse facilities under aerated drip irrigation and Nitrogen dose applications. The article, however, must be improved in terms of writing since some grammar and syntax errors are present in the manuscript. They should address the subject and critically review the information from the literature.
Minor suggestions:
The abstract is written in a way lacks logic. It should highlight the salient findings more critically.
Keywords are present in the title, choose others.
Introduction need more convincing rational for this article; and the introduction has long paragraphs, I suggest reducing the size of the paragraphs.
The results have long paragraphs, I suggest reducing the size of the paragraphs. The results of this study are not fully explained therefore the interpretation of the results is very difficult. The author needs to provide the % increase or decrease rather than just writing ''significantly increased….''.
Insert in figure 3 and table 1, 2 and 3 the standard deviations of the means.
The discussion is poorly written hence, needs rewriting. The discussion should be further strengthened by adding some more relevant papers. The literature search is insufficient, only few related research papers in the past three years are cited, add the latest research results appropriately. See the below links if you think it will benefit your discussion.
Rewrite the conclusion! It needs to be much improved.
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