nutritional quality

collocation in English

meaningsofnutritionalandquality

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nutritional
adjective
uk
/njuːˈtrɪʃ.ən.əl/
us
/nuːˈtrɪʃ.ən.əl/
relating ...
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quality
noun
uk
/ˈkwɒl.ə.ti/
us
/ˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/
how good or bad ...
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(Definition ofnutritionalandqualityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnutritional quality

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The highnutritionalqualityof the detrital organic matter in our study stream may result from grazing by tadpoles which enhances nitrogen fluxes.
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However, without data for either leaf defences or leafnutritionalquality, relationships between these factors and herbivory remain tentative.
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Each crop is covered well including production, marketing, processing,nutritionalqualityand economic aspects.
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There was no evidence of connection between seed colour and desirable agronomic traits, ornutritionalquality(protein content).
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Thenutritionalqualitydifferences, as determined by protein content, were also not attractive enough to become selection criteria.
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There is an increasing potential to improve thenutritionalqualityof food.
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Nutritionalqualityand a visual stimulus were thought to be possible cues for wing induction.
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Thenutritionalqualityof protein is determined by its amino acid composition.
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Hence, there was a trend of increasing defence (although not in leaf toughness) and decliningnutritionalqualitytowards the tropics.
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It seems likely that petioles are both too small and of too lownutritionalqualityfor breeding by most ambrosia beetles.
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Therefore, insect populations are supposed to be positively correlated with thenutritionalqualityof their host plant.
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Leaf expansion rates, leaf chemical and structural defences, andnutritionalqualityof leaves all can vary across light environments.
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A dry weight is more accurate than the weight obtained after free water is drained, and is a more representative measure ofnutritionalquality.
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The compounds making up the dry weight of seeds play a major role in determining thenutritionalquality and ultimately the uses and economic value of the seed.
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Much work has been done describing changes in fruit availability and dietary composition but thenutritionalqualityof any particular food item is assumed to be relatively constant.
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The effect of maternal age of the host is probably due not only to a smaller size but also to a lowernutritionalqualityof the egg in older females.
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In vitro gas measuring techniques for assessment ofnutritionalqualityof feeds: a review.
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