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Epidemiological Role of Dictyophara europaea (Hemiptera: Dictyopharidae) in the Transmission of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’

Horticulturae 2022, 8(7), 654; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8070654
by Tatjana Cvrković 1,*, Jelena Jović 1, Oliver Krstić 1, Slavica Marinković 1, Miljana Jakovljević 1, Milana Mitrović 1 and Ivo Toševski 1,2
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2:
Shohei Matsuura
Horticulturae 2022, 8(7), 654; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8070654
Submission received: 19 June 2022 / Revised: 8 July 2022 / Accepted: 13 July 2022 / Published: 19 July 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Insights into Pest Management in Horticultural Production)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Dear Authors,

I have reviewed your interesting and original contribution with pleasure.

Generally it is well-articulated and all sections are clearly and competently drafted.

In the attached file you will find my suggestions which I would ask you to respect in order to improve the quality of your manuscript.

Congratulations on a job well done with a high degree of scientific rigour.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Dear reviewer,

Thank you for your nice words about our paper. We are very glad that you think our research is interesting and scientifically significant.

We have carefully considered each of your comments and suggestions and made changes to the text in accordance with them.

Details and point-by-point responses and explanations are provided in the attachment.

 

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

P 5, line 154-156,

Please add the infection rate of the transmission experiments-subjected insects like this,

12 experimental grapevine seedlings and 12 periwinkle plants per each locality were exposed to 12 D. europaea adults presumably naturally infected with Ca. P. solani at the rate of ~10%.

 

P 11, line 393-395,

It is interesting that the mutations of the stamp genotype concentrated only in C. arvensis, and the STOL type was not detected in this plant.

If it is possible, please infer the possible cause of this phenomena in Discussion.

 

Figure 2,

This is just my question, but I am wondering why only the stamp genotype was targeted for the analysis of epidemiological origin, even though you are investigating four loci by MLST.

Isn't it possible to elucidate the temporal and geographical history of genetic mutations of the pathogenic strains by comprehensively analyzing the sequence types (STs) based on the allelic profiles at four loci?

Author Response

Dear reviewer,

Thank you for your valuable comments and suggestions.

We have carefully considered each of your remarks and made changes in the text in accordance with them.

Details and point-by-point responses and explanations are provided in the attachment.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

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