Optimum Castor Meal Application in the Cultivation of Pak Choi (Brassica chinensis L.) with Toxicity Survey for Earthworms (Eisenia andrei)
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The text of submitted article 1394585 need the revison before the publication.
The proposed corrections to the article are marked in the text with footnotes.
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Author Response
Dear reviewer:
I appreciate your suggestion for my manuscript "Optimum Castor Meal Application in the Cultivation of Pak Choi (Brassica chinensis L.) with Toxicity Survey for Earthworms". Attached file is the corrected manuscript that you suggest me to revise. They are shown by red words. Please check them. Thank you.
Sincerely yours,
Yong-Hong Lin
Author Response File: 
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Reviewer 2 Report
Provide the scientific name for the species of earth worms used. Are they Amynthas candida or another.?
On line 86 thermo is an incomplete idea identification of the instrument.
For tables 2&3 remove scientific names from the title. Pla e in the body of the text.
Figure 2 CM200 is missing letter of significance. Identify the test used to make comparisons was this Duncan's multiple range test?
Line 182 add Table 3 to Figure 1 for the comparison being made
Line 216 should be <.
Add values for standard deviation for means in tables 2&3.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer:
I appreciate your suggestion for my manuscript titled "Optimum Castor Meal Application in the Cultivation of Pak Choi (Brassica chinensis L.) with Toxicity Survey for Earthworms". The responses are shown as below:
Point 1.Provide the scientific name for the species of earth worms used. Are they Amynthas candida or another.?
Response 1. The scientific name for the species of earth worms is Eisenia Andrei. I have added the scientific name in the topic and text.
Point 2. On line 86 thermo is an incomplete idea identification of the instrument.
Response 2. The “thermo” is a redundant word. Now I have deleted it. Thank you.
Point 3. For tables 2&3 remove scientific names from the title. Pla e in the body of the text.
Response 3. I have deleted the scientific names in tables 2&3. Please check them, thank you.
Point 4. Figure 2 CM200 is missing letter of significance. Identify the test used to make comparisons was this Duncan's multiple range test?
Response 4. The letter of significance has been added in the text. Please check it. On the other hand, the test used to make comparisons was this Duncan's multiple range test.
Point 5. Line 182 add Table 3 to Figure 1 for the comparison being made
Response 5. Table 3 has been added to Figure 1 for the comparison. Thank you.
Point 6. Line 216 should be <. Add values for standard deviation for means in tables 2&3.
Response 6. Line 216 has been corrected to <. On the other hand, the values for standard deviation for means in tables 2&3 has been corrected. Please check them, thank you.
Sincerely yours,
Yong-Hong Lin
Author Response File: Author Response.docx
Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
I agree with the added corrections in the article Optimum Castor Meal Application in the Cultivation of Pak Choi (Brassica chinensis L.) with Toxicity Survey for Earthworms and now is suitable for publicatin in Horticulturae.