Seasonal Abundance of Various Hymenopteran Parasitoids of Leafminers in Beans and Comparative Abundance in Bean, Tomato, and Squash
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
This manuscript is based on good science, yielding valuable results. However, the languge used has many deficiencies as indicated on a seperate sheet. It also contains careless writing errors, as indicated. The spacing of the References needs attention and why are scientific names in the Abstract not in italics?
The authors are advised to commision a language practitioner to review the manuscript after the suggested corrections were made and resubmit it.
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Author Response
Dear reviewer,
The comments and our replies are shown in Response to Rev.1.pdf.
Thank you for your valuable comments a lot.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Manuscript: agriculture-2445660 entitled “Seasonal abundance of various hymenopteran parasitoids of leafminers in beans and comparative abundance in bean, tomato, and squash” by Dakshina Seal, and Oscar Liburd is a well written manuscript should be considered for publication in section: Crop Protection, Diseases, Pest and Weeds.
The study investigated the composition and abundance of the leafminer, Liriomyza trifolii and its parasitoid complex in southern Florida during some growing seasons of beans from 2010 to 2016. Understanding parasitoids composition and their status are important phases for exploring potential biological control agents for leafminer’s control. I made some notes to the attached PDF for authors’ revision and my main concerns are:
· All figures should be assembled in one or two plates. Can be arranged as endoparasitoids and ectoparasitoids. Or eulophids and braconids with the pteromalid in one plate. Some of the photos are acceptable, but many are not in publication quality (i.e., Figures 4,6,12, 13). Figures need bar size, some are copied from the web sites should be credited to photographer.
· Seven species out of 13 without complete identification to species. Please send vouchers to USDA-SEL for confirmation to species.
· Delete all inches and feet measurements, use only metric, use °C in Figure 17.
· The abundance of parasitoids might be affected by host density and environmental conditions. Weather and climatic conditions during the study periods should be reported (temperature, Relative humidity, and rain fall) from the nearest meteorological station to the study sites. This information is not stated in material and methods section.
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Dear reviewer,
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Thank you for your valuable comments a lot.
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
Revised Manuscript ID: agriculture-2445660 peer review -v2 has improved from original submission. Authors revised according to all suggested changes by two reviewers which warranted consideration for publication in the present form. I made few more notes on attached PDF for authors’ final revision.
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Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
Thank you very much for your suggestions. All the suggestions have been incorporated in the revised version of the manuscript.
Response to the comments: Rev.#2
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etalic |
Opius, Euopius, Diglyphus and Diaulinopsis |
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24 |
add (Braconidae) |
Braconidae |
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25 |
not in ( ) add (Eulophidae) |
Deleted parenthesis and added Eulophidae |
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26 |
add (Braconidae) |
Added Braconidae |
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28 |
add (all Eulophidae) |
Added all Eulophidae |
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28 |
add (Pteromalidae) |
Added Pteromalidae for Halticoptera |
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42 |
add orde |
Added order Homoptera: Aphididae |
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42 |
add species names in Florida fields |
Various species of Diabrotica available on vegetable crops. |
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43 |
Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) ? |
Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) |
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49 |
about |
Ca., changed to `about’ |
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60 |
larval parasitoids ? |
listed to parasitize larvae of Liriomyza species |
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66 |
in Japan ? |
Included `in Japan’ |
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67 |
add ref code number [ |
[26] |
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68 |
in Hawaii |
Included accordingly |
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70 |
Liriomyza sativae ? |
Changed as per suggestion |
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74 |
C. punctiventris |
I prefer the way it is. |
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77 |
Delete [ |
`[‘ deleted |
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81 |
Sort 31, 32, 17, 8]. |
Sorted as 8, 17, 31, 32 |
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87 |
species |
Sp. Changed to species |
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93 |
weather condition during study periods are important to report from the nearest meteorologic station (temp. RH, rain fall) |
We reported temperatura data in Figure 17. |
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94 |
2.1 |
2. changed 2.1 |
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99 |
September |
Sept. spelled out as September |
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102 |
add coordinates, GPS |
Addeded |
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104 |
(91 wide, 20 cm height) |
91 cm wide, 20 cm height |
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106 |
60 cm |
60.1 cm was changed to 60 cm |
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107 |
5 cm |
5.1 cm to 5 cm |
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109 |
2.5-cm |
2.54 cm to 2.5 cm |
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110 |
7.6 cm |
7.62 cm to 7.6 cm |
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111 |
delete all inches |
Deleted all `inches’ |
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111 |
91.4 cm |
91.44 cm changed to 91 4 cm and deleted (3 feet) |
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111 |
Delete (3 feet) |
Deleted |
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116 |
use metric for 12 inches |
12 inches changed to 30.5 cm |
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118 |
2.5 cm for 2.54 cm |
Changed and deleted (one inch) |
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127 |
use metric only |
67 m long, 1.8 m wide and 15.2 cm high |
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128 |
Delete (50 feet) |
Deleted (50 feet) |
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129 |
Delete (24 feet) |
Deleted |
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132 |
September12 |
September 12 |
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134 |
45.7 cm for 45.72 |
changed |
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134 |
Delete (18 inches) |
deleted |
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134 |
Delete (72 inches) |
Deleted |
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135 |
30.5 cm for 30.48 |
Changed |
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135 |
Delete (12 inches) |
Deleted |
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135 |
15.2 cm for 15.24 cm |
Changed |
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136 |
Delete (6 inches) |
Deleted |
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139 |
use metric for 1.5 lb/acre |
1.7 L/ha |
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140 |
Ditto |
1.7 L/ha |
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144 |
strain ABTS-1857 ? |
Done accordingly |
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145 |
r 1.5 lb/acre |
1.7 Kg/ha |
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162 |
Larval-pupal |
Larval |
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larval ectoparasitoids |
Larval ectoparasitoids |
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15 .24 m (50 ft) |
Changed to 15.2 m |
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169 |
add placement of vouchers in your institute |
The voucher specimens were placed in the Entomology storage of Tropical Research and Education Center |
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174 |
Sort 31, 36, 18 |
Sorted as 18, 31, 36 |
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why 7 species are not fully identified to species? Only genera names are provided in table 1. |
We will confirm the species of other specimens in our next study. |
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178 |
arcsine ? |
Our statistician suggested square root transformation. |
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italic (Neochrysocharis) |
Italicized |
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not correctly reported in table 1 |
Zagrammosoma muitilineatum has been corrected to Z. multilineatum |
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Etalic Chrysocharis |
Italicized |
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Etalic (Halticoptera sp.) |
Italicized |
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Euopius |
Corrected Eopius to Euopius |
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200 |
And not italic |
Unitalicized `and’ |
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200 |
Sp. not italic |
Unitalicized `sp.’ |
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temp during this study , not reported |
Reported in Figure 17. |
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211 |
Include table no. |
Table 1. |
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Table 1 |
separate to three families. add which one is endoparasitoid, or ectoparasitoid |
Separated I the table. |
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Table 1 |
Correct Zmuit |
Corrected as Z. multilineatyn |
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Table 1 |
?? add degrees of freedom |
Added |
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214 |
Delete subheading |
Subheading deleted |
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Larval for larval-pupal |
Followed as per suggestion |
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216 |
Replace size with length |
Replaced |
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there is no pupal stage. Parasitoid emerged from the puparium. |
Larval stages |
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puparium. The parasitized host will never develop to a pupa (with head, thorax, abdomen sections) . Parasitism by opiines arrests host development which remains in the larval form inside the puparium. |
Puparium |
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not sig different from other years according to ANOVA ranking on table 1. |
We reworded the sentence. |
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227 |
Sp. not etalic |
Sp. unitalicized. |
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228 |
It is only one species in this genus Opius dissitus during this study. |
We reworded the sentence using `Opius dissitus abundance--------- |
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Larval for larval-pupal |
Instead of larval-pupal, we used larval |
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Fig. 15. specify what is the Y axis (means and SEM ?) |
y- axis specified as `mean + SEM number of parasitoid larvae |
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Italic Euopius |
Italicized |
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241 |
Delete Euopius sp. (Fig. 2). |
We deleted subheading |
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Larval for larval-pupal |
Reworded larval endoparasitoid. |
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Puparium for pupa |
We used puparium instead of pupa. |
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247 |
Spell out Sept. |
September |
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249 |
add full name with author and family when first mentioned in text |
Bidens alba (L.) (Asterales: Asteraceae) |
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250 |
Delete subheading |
We deleted Diaulinopsis callichroma (Fig. 3). |
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Italicize D. |
We used Diaulinopsis callichroma |
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callichroma (not sp) |
Instead of sp., we used the full name of species |
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D. for Ddiaulinopsis |
We abbreviated genus Diaulinopsis as D. |
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Italicize Diaulinopsis---- |
Italicized Diaulinopsis callichroma |
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Demsity spell |
Density |
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273 |
Delete subheading |
Deleted subheading ` Diglyphus spp. (Figs. 4-6).’ |
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Ecytoparasioid will be ectoparasitoids |
We used ectoparasitoids |
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Delete ) |
Deleted parenthesis |
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where |
In the Netherlands |
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294 |
Italicize species on figures |
Fig.s 4-6, species italicized. |
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Italize Diglyphus |
Italicized |
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299 |
Delete Neochrysocharis sp. (Fig. 7) from subheading |
Subheading deleted |
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Leafminers parasitoid |
Reworded to Leafminer parasitoids |
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299 |
Delete subheading |
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Leafminers parasitoid |
Leafminer parasitoids. |
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300-1 |
X= should be x̄ |
We used x̄ |
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308 |
Italicize Neochrysocharis sp. ( |
Italicized |
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309 |
Delete subheading |
Deleted Closterocerus sp. (Fig. 8). |
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311 |
Italic Closterocerus r |
Italicized |
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312 |
Young stage larvae |
Young instars |
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313 |
1.0 - 1.3 mm for about 1.0 mm |
About 1.0 mm has been changed to 1.0 – 1.3 mm |
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314 |
add [38] behind Rauf |
Rauf et al. [38] |
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315 |
Italic (Pisum sp.) |
Italicized. |
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(Goureau) for Goureau |
Parenthesis removed from Goureau |
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319 |
Italic Closterocerus |
Italized |
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322 |
Italic Z. muitilineatum and spell |
Spelled and italicized |
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324 |
Italic Zagrammosoma spp. |
Italicized |
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325 |
Were for was |
Was changed to were. |
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330 |
Italic Zagrammosoma sp. |
Italicized |
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330 |
Was for were |
Zagrammosoma spp. were |
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331 |
Vicia faba, for faba bean |
Faba vean, Vicia faba |
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333 |
Italic Zagrammosoma lineaticeps |
Italicized |
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335 |
italicZagrammosoma muitilineatum |
Italicized |
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336 |
Delete subheading Pnigalio sp. (Fig.11). |
Deleted |
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Pnigalio for Pnigalia |
Corrected and used Pnigalio |
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342 |
add author of P. flavipes |
P. flavipes (Ashmead) |
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343 |
add author of P. maculipes |
P. maculipes (Crawford) |
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347 |
Italic Pnigalio |
Italicized |
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354 |
They found? |
The authors found |
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355 |
Italic Halticoptera sp |
Italicized |
|
356 |
Italic Liriomyza |
Italicized |
|
358 |
Italic Chrysocharis sp |
Italicized |
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364 |
Italic (Vicia faba L.) |
Italicized |
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364 |
Italic Diglyphus |
Italicized |
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364 |
Italic Opius |
Italicized |
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366 |
Parasite to parasitize |
To parasitize |
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366 |
Author of Halticoptera arduine |
Halticoptera arduine (Walker) |
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as endoparasitoid ? |
developed in them as endoparasitoids |
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370 |
Italic Halticoptera |
Italicized |
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374 |
Sp.not italic |
sp. unitalicized |
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375 |
df = 2,53.4 |
df = 2, 53.4 |
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376 |
Opius population |
The population abundance of Opius sp. |
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376 |
where is this data. not mentioned in material and methods. |
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377 |
sp. not italicize |
sp. unitalicized |
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385 |
Not bold |
Diaulinopsis unbolded |
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391 |
Increase like above species |
Reworded, `increase like the above species’ |
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391 |
Diglyphus not bold |
Diglyphus unbolded |
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393 |
Sp not italic |
sp. unitalicized |
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395 |
Italic Diglyphus |
Diblyphus italicized |
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396 |
ditto |
Diblyphus italicized |
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Fig 15 |
Italicize all species names |
Italicized |
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Fig. 15 |
Correct Eopius |
Corrected as Euopius |
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403 |
use celsius |
Changed to cesius |
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404 |
bas |
bars |
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407 |
Neochrysocharis formosa-italicizd |
Italicized |
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add in Vietnam |
French bean, tomato and casava in Vietnam |
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45 and 75oF.-use celsius |
7.2o and 23.8oC |
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Annu. |
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522 |
Italic Liriomyza trifolii |
Italicized |
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578 |
Delete Giza |
Deleted |
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