Horticulture as a Sustainable System Is Now Threatened

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Essay

Horticulture as a sustainable system is now threatened.What are the threats facing horticulturalists at the present?

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Definitions:

Spectral Data

Information obtained from analyzing the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter, used to determine composition, structure, and physical properties.

Quartet

In NMR spectroscopy, a signal that is split into four peaks, indicating an atom's hydrogen atoms are coupled to three equivalent neighboring hydrogens.

Doublet

A pattern in NMR spectroscopy indicating two adjacent protons that are not equivalent, leading to two closely spaced signals.

IR

Infrared spectroscopy, a technique used for identifying organic compounds through their unique absorption of infrared light.