TREES FOR WOOD AND BIOMASS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017/2018

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in FOREST AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

Disciplinary Sector:

General Arboriculture and Tree Cultivation

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

MULAS Maurizio

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Minimum hours of attendance:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry and botanic.

AF code:

A001701

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Oral examination.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The course aims to provide the basis for design, build, and maintain the arboretum for wood and biomass by optimizing quantitative results, sustainability and potential for ecosystem services plants. Therefore, the principles and techniques for controlling the growth of biomass and wood species with particular reference to the techniques of planting, fertilizing, irrigation, soil management, pruning, thinning and end uses will be presented.

Contents

1) General information on the patterns of arboriculture for wood;
2) Woody assortments of quality (requirements for peeling, slicing and sawing);
3) evaluation of crop species and model selection, station, multifunctionality;
4) project, execution and management of the arboretum: planting, associate crop planting, protection, soil management, fertilization, irrigation, pruning, thinning;
5) uses of valuable timber;
6) biomass crops for energy production: choice of species and crop model;
7) models (short rotation forestry);
8) yards and facilities for collecting and shredding, treatment, conservation and quality assessment of biomass;
9) the use of species of the Mediterranean maquis.

Recommended Bibliography

Arboricoltura generale. A cura di Silviero Sansavini. Pàtron Editore, Bologna 2012.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Face to face, laboratories and seminars.

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