agronomically
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7.8
- adverb
- /ˌæɡrəˈnɑːmɪkli/
- Specialized
- Farmers are always looking for seeds that perform agronomically well in their local soil conditions.
Examples
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"Because plants are closely related, it is quite likely that knowledge derived from Arabidopsis studies can be readily transferred to agronomically important species," says McClung.
Blog text (15) -
This promising material will be helpful for the evolution of high-yielding and drought-tolerant agronomically superior varieties of chickpea.
Academic text (2015) -
What is essential is that researchers pay more attention "to what might prove attractive to farmers and less to what is agronomically optimal" (Jones and Egli 1984, 98).
Academic text (1994) -
The researchers focused on improving the plants agronomically to increase the overall yield in the field.
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The conference discussed methods to cultivate crops agronomically suited to the changing climate.
Synonyms
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4.1
In a way that is about farming and growing crops
Surface Forms
Morphology
agronomically = agronomic (transparent) = agronom + ic + ally
Formed by regular adjective-to-adverb derivation (agronomic -> agronomically), so the immediate step is predictable for learners.
Etymology
The word agronomically comes from agronomy, a word like agriculture, made from agro- meaning 'field' and -nomy meaning 'management'. So to do something agronomically is to do it in a way that helps fields, soil, and crops.