Effect of Different Biological and Organic Fertilizer Sources on the Quantitative and Qualitative Traits of Cephalaria syriaca

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Reviewer 1

However, it has very serious methodological shortcomings. Line 87/88 "The experimentaltreatments are including (1) control, (2) Azotobacter, (3) Azotobacter + manure, (4)Azotobacter + vermicompost, (5) Azotobacter + phosphate Barvar II, and (6) Azotobacter+ chemical fertilizer.

Why were no pure variants manure / vermicompost / phosphate Barvar II, and chemicalfertilizer included in the investigation?

Because in the presence of organic fertilizers, biofertilizers can be more efficient. Our aim was to use compound fertilizers and due to the limitations in experimental treatments, it was not possible to apply separate treatments.

How was the quantification of the additives done (manure / vermicompost / phosphate Barvar II, and chemical fertilizer).

What amounts were fertilized and what was the nutrient content of the additives?

The effect of the additives in combination with Azotobacter may not only result fromdifferent nutrient applications by manure / vermicompost / phosphate Barvar II, andchemical fertilizer.

The amount and content must be supplemented. With the additivephosphate Barvar II, an internationally insignificant fertilizer, I only found out throughresearch that it already contains bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi.

These gross deficits must be worked on before publication.

The missing variants are certainly not to be added

After performing the calculations, fertilizers were applied to the soil of the Cephalaria plant requirement, vermicompost (6.8 ton ha−1), manure (6.3 ton ha−1 ) and chemical fertilizer (Urea: 110 kg ha−1 + Triple superphosphate: 60 kg ha−1 + Potassium sulfate: 50 kg ha−1 + Micronutrients: 23 kg ha−1 )

Before sowing, the seeds were inoculated according to the procedure recommendation of Green Biotech Inc, with biological Azotobacter fertilizer and Phosphate Barvar II, which contained Azotobacter vinelandii (the strain O4) and strain P5 of Pantoea and strain P13 of Pseudomonas putida (concentration formulated product: 109 CFU/g)

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Reviewer 2

Please check format

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Syrian Cephalaria or Syrian cephalaria  or Syrian cephalaria

Please make sure which one is correct  

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Syrian cephalaria (Cephalaria syriaca (L.)

Italic Azotobacter

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Some ar  e mention in difference way such as Cephalaria or Cephalaria or cephalaria. Please make sure and change in same style  

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cephalaria

Which one do you recommend the most for Cephalaria?  

organic and biological inputs

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arrange in alphabetical order  

Keywords:

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Italic   Cephalaria

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between numerals please use en-dash, check throughout the manuscript  

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Italic  Cephalaria

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Meanwhile, the Cephalaria has a good oil content (21-26%), so it is sometimes considered an oilseed

why sometimes?, please can you clarify this sentence  (

Explained in the text. The oil contains 7.8% epoxy acid, calculated as epoxy oleic acid, which makes its use as an edible oil rather difficult. Epoxy fatty acids have high-value uses in glues, resins, and surface coatings But renders it usable in industries using epoxidized oils. Due to its high content of myristic acid, the oil is very suitable for soapmaking as well.

L. Only mention first time is enough

Syrian Cephalaria L.  

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Italic   Cephalaria

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Syrian Cephalaria  

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Syrian cephalaria

What is the treatment for control? Normal seeds without inoculated Azotobacter?

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(no fertilization)

Before sowing, the seeds were inoculated with biological Azotobacter fertilizer,

Control as well?  

Control was without inoculation.

 (1)??

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You have mentioned only higher and lower ones, how about other treatments?  

The graphs are self-explanatory. Moreover, we mentioned in the text” Also, the lonely application of Azotobacter and the control had a similar impact on 1000-seed weight”

(no fertilizer application). This need to mention in M&M  

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If you want to find information to support your previous sentences please make it clear and make sure they are similar with your results. This is difficult for the reader to follow with your results.  

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please be consistent

Syrian cephalaria

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Syrian cephalaria

DPPH stands for?

Yes: (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhyydrazyl)

Can you move exponent near number

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superscript

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Did you use mycorrhiza treatments? Which one?  

No, we did not use mycorrhiza, and here we mean the superiority of compound fertilizer, which also included biofertilizer.

The highest biological yield (24.57 g/plant) was related to the integrated treatment of Azotobacter + chemical fertilizer treatment so that the integrated use of all fertilizer sources had a similar effect on the biological yield of Cephalaria.

Treatments show are significant? I don't think they are similar   

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This should be conclusion  

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make sure which style is correct   Cephalaria

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