SCV0821 - GREEN BIOMASSES AND BIOREMEDIATION

The ‘Green Biomasses and Bioremediation’ course represents a necessary curricular requirement for students who want to understand how a biotechnological-vegetable approach can ensure that economic and social development occurs within a context that respects the most important ecological principles. In particular, the course is based on theoretical lessons concerning the production of fuels and other derivatives from the treatment of plant material, and how plants can be used for the restoration of areas subject to severe degradation or pollution. This course, therefore, aims to provide an overview of the biological and molecular mechanisms that enable plant organisms to be applied for the purposes described above, as well as an overview of various types of applications, production techniques, and specifications of primary and secondary products. At the end of the course, the student will be able to: - Design and illustrate recovery and restoration processes of degraded environments using plant organisms; - Know and discuss the processes for the production of fuels from plant material as well as secondary derivative products; - Discuss in an integrated way some fundamental elements of plant biology, environmental problems, and traditional techniques, to understand the biological-molecular basis relating to the two previous points; - Critically understand a scientific text that deals with cellular, anatomical, and physiological properties of plant species to be used for biotechnological applications.