ECTS
5 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Number of hours
36h
Description
- Taxonomy / Phylogeny: The Concept of a Species
- The Origins of the Tree / The Origins of Wood - The Emergence of Tree-Like Forms, the Invention of Wood, and Evolution
- Development of the cambium and the vascular system
- Diversity of woody tissues (tracheids / vessels / fibers / parenchyma)
- Anatomical characteristics and taxonomic identification of temperate and tropical woods
- Chemical composition of wood
- Macromolecules (cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignins, etc.) and their properties (Tg)
- Nanostructure—meso- and nanoporosity, 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