After successful completion of the course, students are able to explain plant resources and their sources, to discuss current problems of supply and processing  of the materials in Austria and worldwide.

Terminology: primary/secondary natural resources, biomass, energy-/industrial crops, regrowing resources, wild-/agricultural- and cultivated plants
Worldwide usage of primary natural products and their global output
Ecological factors as well as technical and economical data for plant production
Technological impact assessment for the subject natural substances from plants
Source, processing, composition, economical importance and industrial use of oil/fat, sucrose/glucose/fructose/starch
Biogas production

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