Scientific Advances in Biostimulation Reported in the 5th Biostimulant World Congress
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
