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Lesson 5 Agronomic Management Practices Affecting Tobacco Quality New Words Expressions Buyout n. a situation in which a person or group gains control of a company by buying all of its shares 全部买下、买断 Post-buyout 买断后 MH maleic hydrazide 顺丁烯二酸酰肼，马来酰肼 Alkaloids n. any of numerous organic bases (as morphine) containing nitrogen and usually oxygen that occur especially in seed plants 生物碱 Top v. to remove or cut the top of 给……打顶 Sucker n. a shoot from the lower part of the stem of a plant 腋芽 Stalk n. a long narrow part of a plant supporting one or more leaves,flowers or fruits 柄、梗 Nicotine n. a poisonous alkaloid （C10H14N2） that is the chief active material of tobacco and is used as an insecticide 尼古丁 Cure v. to preserve by drying it 晒、烘烤 Mature a. fully grown and developed 成熟的 Hornworm n. a kind of insects 天蛾幼虫 Mo(u)ld n. a superficial growth produced especially on damp or decaying organic matter or on living organisms 霉菌 Blue mo(u)ld 青霉病 Lay-by n. the final operation in the growing of a field crop 最后的田间作业 Variegated v. marked in different colored spots,lines,areas etc 杂色的、斑驳的 Sidedress v. to apply nutrients on one side of the plant roots 侧施肥 Nondescript a. belonging to no particular class or kind 无归类的; not easily described 难以形容的 Suckercide n. chemical product that prevents sucker from growing 腋芽抑制剂 Contacts n. chemicals that kill insects by contacting them directly触杀剂 Systemics n. a pesticide that as used is harmless to the plant, but when absorbed into its sap makes the entire organism toxic to pests 内吸剂 Versus prep. Against; in contrast to 对、和……相比 Priming n. picking up 采收，采摘 Burley n. a thin-bodied air-cured tobacco grown mainly in Kentucky白肋烟 Text In 2005, tobacco will be produced and marketed without price support for the first time since 1939. Price schedules will reflect an emphasis on quality, with deep discounts for unripe and immature grades. In the post-buyout environment, profitability will be directly related to the marketing of quality tobacco produc