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Summary

  • The initial submission of this article was received on September 10th, 2020 and was peer-reviewed by 2 reviewers and the Academic Editor.
  • The Academic Editor made their initial decision on November 2nd, 2020.
  • The first revision was submitted on December 18th, 2020 and was reviewed by 1 reviewer and the Academic Editor.
  • A further revision was submitted on January 13th, 2021 and was reviewed by the Academic Editor.
  • The article was Accepted by the Academic Editor on January 13th, 2021.

Version 0.3 (accepted)

· Jan 13, 2021 · Academic Editor

Accept

Now authors have addressed all observations made by one of the reviewers and the manuscript should be accepted for publication.

Congratulations for the good job !!

[# PeerJ Staff Note - this decision was reviewed and approved by Michael Wink, a PeerJ Section Editor covering this Section #]

Version 0.2

· Jan 6, 2021 · Academic Editor

Minor Revisions

Now we have the second revision of a key reviewer and I am happy to let you know that the manuscript is acceptable for publication. I also agree with the evaluation and congratulate the authors for a good job. We only need you to attend to a few points that you should include as described in the attached file revised document.

Reviewer 1 ·

Basic reporting

See my comments on the attached file

Experimental design

See my comments on the attached file

Validity of the findings

See my comments on the attached file

Additional comments

See my comments on the attached file

Annotated reviews are not available for download in order to protect the identity of reviewers who chose to remain anonymous.

Version 0.1 (original submission)

· Nov 2, 2020 · Academic Editor

Major Revisions

Now we have got the report of two reviewers. Please, pay attention to all their comments and prepare a point-by-point to each issue in a response letter in order to continue with this editorial process.

[# PeerJ Staff Note: Please ensure that all review comments are addressed in a rebuttal letter and any edits or clarifications mentioned in the letter are also inserted into the revised manuscript where appropriate. It is a common mistake to address reviewer questions in the rebuttal letter but not in the revised manuscript. If a reviewer raised a question then your readers will probably have the same question so you should ensure that the manuscript can stand alone without the rebuttal letter. Directions on how to prepare a rebuttal letter can be found at: https://peerj.com/benefits/academic-rebuttal-letters/ #]

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Reviewer 1 ·

Basic reporting

I have not reviewed the complete manuscript due to very poor English. At several instances I was unable to understand whole sentence or even whole paragraphs (see result section). Please see my comments in the attached file

Experimental design

Although, the experimental design is valid and it need many additional information that should be added in the manuscript to make it clear and understandable for the readers. Please see my comments in the attached file

Validity of the findings

Please see my comments in the attached file

Additional comments

Please see my comments in the attached file

Annotated reviews are not available for download in order to protect the identity of reviewers who chose to remain anonymous.

Reviewer 2 ·

Basic reporting

Throughout the manuscript there are some inconsistencies with respect to the figures' calls in the text. Please review them.

Experimental design

No comment

Validity of the findings

No comment.

Additional comments

The manuscript is very detailed, however, it is necessary to make some adjustments that were verified throughout the text to improve comprehension.

Line 111-113: In the methodology mentions that the CL'30 and CL'50 were used, where did these values come from? A previous experiment was carried out? Or are they data from the literature? Please rewrite to clarify this issue.

What type of vegetable oil and why was it used? Justify to improve understanding.

Line 149-151: The information is not clear or is not consistent with the result shown in figure 2B, where there was no significant difference between the CL30 and CL50 for both SYP-9625 and EnSpray 99.

Line 152-153: This information does not match as shown in the figure. In the caption of the figure lowercase letters = difference between CL 30 and 50. In figure 2C The CL's of EnSpray 99 do not differ. Please review! And change Fig. 1C to Fig. 2C (line 153).

Line 155: “Fig. 1D ”does not match what is written.

Line 346: The conclusion of the manuscript item 2 mentions that the preferred leaf surface was adaxial. Probably the largest amount of mites recovered on the right adaxial surface is related to the release point, this may have tended the number of recovered on the adaxial surface.You could justify in your methodology why there was only this point of release. For the ideal would be to either release in alternate points or an intermediate point between the two areas: right and left.

Figure 2 legend: I suggest you insert what blue and white means in the captions of the figures.

Figure 3 – 9 legend: Please add in the caption what *** and “ns” mean.

Congratulations on the work!

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