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UV-B Physiological Changes Under Conditions of Distress and Eustress in Sweet Basil

Plants 2019, 8(10), 396; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8100396
by Haana Mosadegh 1, Alice Trivellini 1,*, Mariella Lucchesini 2, Antonio Ferrante 3, Rita Maggini 2, Paolo Vernieri 2 and Anna Mensuali Sodi 1
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2: Anonymous
Plants 2019, 8(10), 396; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8100396
Submission received: 11 September 2019 / Revised: 23 September 2019 / Accepted: 3 October 2019 / Published: 4 October 2019

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The current version of the paper entitled: " UV-B physiological changes under conditions of distress and eustress in sweet basil " is well presented and structured and all the experiments have been carried out properly and the data analyzed and interpreted as expected.

1. I suggest a thorough revision of the formatting of the references section according to the journal's guidelines.

2. The authors should correct “Ocium basilicum L.” in “Ocium basilicum L.” according to the Systematic Botany classification. Please, check the entire manuscript.

 

Author Response

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Best Regards

Alice Trivellini

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Reviewer 2 Report

Review of the Manuscript ID: Plants-603894, titled: "UV-B physiological changes under conditions of  distress and eustress in sweet basil "

         This manuscript is interesting, well-written and provides information on the specific response mechanisms regulating photoprotection vs irreversible photoinhibition in basil depending  on the UV-B doses. I would like to recommend this paper for publication after minor revision.

The satisfactory clarification of some points is needed:

I think that Table 1 should be given in Materials and Methods (Section 4.3.), as this table contains  description and calculation formulae of the fluorescence parameters considered in this study. The authors should also give references for the description of fluorescence parameters. The authors argue that there is a direct correlation between the parameter Fv/Fo and “the efficiency of the water-splitting complex on the donor side of PSII”, but nowhere in the manuscript they do not give references about it. Whether the authors have previous data obtained by measuring the activity of oxygen evolving complex?

Author Response

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the revised manuscript our responses to reviewers and editor

 

Best Regards

Alice Trivellini

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