Review Reports

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

is there any domination effect observed when two species are mixed. Are they variable with the pH. 

Author Response

About the domination effect observed when inoculation with combination of two fungi species, and whether this kind of effect varied with pH. Thanks for the constructive comments. In this experiment, there were differences between the mycorrhizal efficiencies of Rhizophagus irregularis, Funneliformis mosseae, and their combination, which can be found in the values of mycorrhizal growth response (MGR) of different fungi species. Furthermore, all the three types of mycorrhizal efficiencies varied with pH. It is a pity that we did not determined the colonization potentials of R. irregularis, F. mosseae alone and their combination, so it is difficult to ensure that there existed domination effect in mycorrhizal plants colonized with the combination of two fungi species, and whether this effect will change with pH levels. In the further research, we will pay more attention to this kind of domination effect.

Reviewer 2 Report

This manuscript deals with improved tolerance of mycorrhizal Torreya grandis seedlings to sulfuric acid rain related to phosphorus and zinc contents in shoots. The manuscript provides interesting insight which will be of interest for the readers of Journal of Fungi. Improvements with additional results of statistical analyses are suggested.

Author Response

1. About improvement throughout the whole manuscript. Thanks for the constructive comments. In this revision, we have reorganized the different parts of the manuscript, and hope that the descriptions about the introduction, the research design, the methods used, the results and the conclusions are more clear, logical and convincing. For details, please see the revision.

 

2. About improvements with additional results of statistical analyses. Thanks for the constructive comments. In this revision, we have rechecked statistical results and given some adjustments in supplementary Table S1. Also, we have added the relationship between MGR and the root-Fe²⁺ concentration in Figure 7. Moreover, we have taken some corrections within all the seven figures from page 37 to page 43.

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