ECTS
5 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
36h
Description
- Taxonomy / phylogeny : the concept of species
- The origins of the tree / the origins of wood - Appearance of tree forms, invention of wood and evolution
- Evolution of the cambium and the vascular system
- Diversity of woody plans (tracheids / vessels / fibers / parenchyma)
- Anatomical features and taxonomic recognition of temperate and tropical woods
- Chemical composition of wood
- Macromolecules (Cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignins,...) and their properties (Tg)
- Nano-structure - meso- and nano-porosity, organization of cellulose microfibrils (interaction between chemical compounds)
- Chemical composition of wood
- Secondary metabolites (function, composition, diversity), extractables
- Chemical composition of wood - Gums, latex, exudates, resins