Review Reports

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The manuscript horticulturae-1792618 reviews the scientific reports and advances on biostimulants presented at the 5th Biostimulant World Congress. The review is interesting, helpful, and could add knowledge to the field. The organization of the sections is appropriate, and the summary of each biostimulant formulation is useful. I would change only some minor aspects. However, the English language should be improved. See specific comments below.

Provide at least a summarizing table of the different types of biostimulants. Provide also a summarizing figure.

For each section, I would provide a summary of the description of the type of product based on EU regulations.

L276 - I would add some additional details about it, citing, for example, the types of microorganisms included in the products.

L281-284 - This product is not microbe-based. I would move it to the 2.9 section.

L364 - I would merge these contents with the 2.5 section.

L470 - ...microorganisms included in the EU regulation 2019/1009.

Author Response

Reviewer 1

Reviewer. English language should be improved.

Authors: In the previous ms, a native English speaker reviewed the English. Nevertheless, a new English speaker has again reviewed the English.

 

Reviewer. Provide at least a summarizing table of the different types of biostimulants. Provide also a summarizing figure.

Authors: We are very grateful for the reviewer’s comments,
but we consider that this information would not be useful, to repeat what is already appears in the text

 

Reviewer. For each section, I would provide a summary of the description of the type of product based on EU regulations.

Authors: We greatly appreciate the reviewer's comments but believe this information would be too lengthy and therefore not timely

 

Reviewer. L271 - I would add some additional details about it, citing, for example, the types of microorganisms included in the products.

Authors: This has been added, in cases where the main authors provide the information

 

Reviewer. L281-284 - This product is not microbe-based. I would move it to the 2.9 section.

Authors: This has been changed, to lines 348-352

 

Reviewer.  L364 - I would merge these contents with the 2.5 section.

Authors: This has been changed, to lines 294-300

 

Reviewer.  L467 - ...microorganisms included in the EU regulation 2019/1009.

Authors: This has been added

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

The work has the character of a report presenting reports the 5th Biostimulant World Congress. I have my doubts that this is a review article. Here are my comments on the text.

 

Line 47. Trichoderma in italics

Line 39. Delete "of plant tissues”

Lines 53-63. “The various studies…among others.” I propose to remove this information

Line 71. Delete "the average”

Line 76. use the full name Ascophyllum nodosum only once, then use only A. nodosum in the text

Line 76. after the word stress, give the temperature in parentheses

Line 95. provide specific plants

Line 99. “different crops”- provide specific plants

Line 114. "improved production by 22%"  - unclear

Line 158. provide specific plants

Line 227 and 232. Delete "It” and rephrase

Line 276. capitalized noun

Line 304. capitalized noun

Line 322. capitalized noun

Line 325. …”the useful life of ornamental Petunias, Pelargonim, and Menthas plants…The Authors should improve this sentence

Lines 393, 398, 402, 403 remove the bold

 

Author Response

Reviewer 2

Reviewer. Line 39. Trichoderma in italics

Authors: This has been corrected

 

Reviewer. Line 41. Delete "of plant tissues”

Authors: This has been removed

 

Reviewer. Lines 55. “The various studies…among others.” I propose to remove this information

Authors: This has been removed

 

Reviewer. Line 63. Delete "the average”

Authors: This has been removed

 

Reviewer.  Line 68. use the full name Ascophyllum nodosum only once, then use only A. nodosum in the text

Authors: This has been corrected

 

 Reviewer.  Line 68. after the word stress, give the temperature in parentheses

Authors: This has been added

 

Reviewer.  Line 87. provide specific plants

Authors: This has been added

 

Reviewer.  Line 91-92. “different crops”- provide specific plants

Authors: This has been changed

 

Reviewer.  Line 105-107 "improved production by 22%"  - unclear

Authors: This has been rewritten

 

Reviewer.  Line 150. provide specific plants

Authors: The authors of the study did not provide the information on the specific plants

 

Reviewer.  Line 221 and 227. Delete "It” and rephrase

Authors: This has been removed and rewritten

 

Reviewer.  Line 271. capitalized noun

Authors: This has been corrected

 

Reviewer.  Line 303. capitalized noun

Authors: This has been corrected

 

Reviewer.  Line 321. capitalized noun

Authors: This has been corrected

 

Reviewer.  Line 323. …”the useful life of ornamental Petunias, Pelargonim, and Menthas plants…The Authors should improve this sentence

Authors: This has been rewritten

 

Reviewer.  Lines 389, 395, 399, 400 remove the bold

Authors: This has been removed

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf