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Pecan Biomass and Dairy Manure Utilization: Compost Treatment and Soil In-Situ Comparisons of Selected Pecan Crop and Soil Variables

Processes 2023, 11(7), 2046; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11072046
by Emily F. Creegan 1,*, Robert Flynn 2, Catherine E. Brewer 3,*, Richard J. Heerema 1, Murali Darapuneni 1 and Ciro Velasco-Cruz 1
Processes 2023, 11(7), 2046; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11072046
Submission received: 14 May 2023 / Revised: 1 July 2023 / Accepted: 3 July 2023 / Published: 8 July 2023

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The article deals with an interesting and important issue, however, the reviewer has some important remarks:

- Table 1 does not show compost production methods as stated in lines 120-121

- Why is the C/N ratio of the composts not shown? The C/N ratio is a commonly used method to assess compost maturity/stabilization. Therefore, it is not known whether the composts used were actually composts.

- Please specify the qualitative composition of "landscaping residues" - studies must be able to be replicated by other scientists.

- What did the authors mean by using in groups PM/A and PMG/A - compost, unfinished?

- The structure of the substrates seems to be chaotic - please justify the percentage of the initial biomass used in the experimental groups.

Author Response

Full response to reviewers and updated manuscript is attached.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

All comments are listed in the attached file.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

All comments are listed in the attached file.

Author Response

Please see the attachment.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

All my comments have been answered and the paper can be published.

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