Closing

Acknowledgements

We want to thanks our TA Prads for always being there to help us. We want to thank Dr. Adler for always being in a positive mood and always encouraging us. We want to thank all the teaching assistants for helping and guiding us through the course, especially Lajos who was always ready to help us along the way. We want to thank Purdue University for funding our project. Finally, we want to thank Harry and Gary for letting us take samples from their community garden in order to let us complete this project. 

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