ECTS
5 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
Hours per week
36h
Description
- Taxonomy/phylogeny: the concept of species
- The origins of trees / the origins of wood - The emergence of tree-like forms, the invention of wood, and evolution
- Development of the cambium and vascular system
- Diversity of woody tissues (tracheids/vessels/fibers/parenchyma)
- Anatomical features and taxonomic recognition of temperate and tropical woods
- Chemical composition of wood
- Macromolecules (cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, etc.) 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