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Definition of Suboptimum
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suboptimum
Literary usage of Suboptimum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"In suboptimum areas, the natural enemy will provide only limited or partial
control of the target pest. A close climatic match between the target release ..."
2. Manufacturing Systems: Foundations of World-Class Practice by Joseph A. Heim (1992)
"Thus, how could it be that such programs might be seen as suboptimum or even
ineffective and possibly deleterious to the future economic health of the ..."
3. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"This may have been an adaptation, or response of the strain to the artificial,
suboptimum and almost constant conditions under which they were kept. 16. ..."
4. Cotton Ginners Handbook edited by W. S. Anthony, William D. Mayfield (1995)
"In selecting harvest-aid chemicals, the grower must consider plant, soil, and
weather conditions. suboptimum weather may require certain tank-mix ..."
5. Aquacultural Genetics and Breeding: National Research Priorities by Graham A E Gall (1997)
"... of domestication 15 Genetic responses to 40 60 suboptimum water quality 16
Biological effects and ap- 20 30 50 plications of inbreeding 17 Standardized ..."
6. Cover Crops in Hillside Agriculture: Farmer Innovation With Mucuna by Daniel Buckles, Bernard Triomphe, Gustavo Sain (1998)
"... consistent with lower intrinsic soil fertility (Rio Cuero) or lower
rainfall (Piedras Amarillas) and also suboptimum management (low plant densities, ..."
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