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Table 3 e Global resources of selected agricultural crops [2] and their application in particleboard production. Raw material Area harvested (000,000 ha) Production quantity (000,000 tonnes) Cropyield (hg/ha) Part used in particleboard production

Source

Agave fibers

0.06 2.16 1.23 5.20

0.04 4.14 1.80

7047

Bagasse

[38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [51] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [39] [69]

Almonds, with shell

19,147 14,650 230,294 30,432

Shell Fiber Stem Straw Stalk Shell Cake Stalk

Arecanuts

Bananas

119.83 157.03

Barley

51.60

Buckwheat

1.86 7.10 1.22 2.07

1.81 4.18 2.05

9752 5887

Cashew nuts, with shell

Castor oil seed

16,776 174,576 53,148 301,692 13,637 10,562 32,068

Chilies and peppers, green

36.14 61.52

Coconuts

11.58

Pit and fiber

Dates

1.24 1.88 1.02 0.08 0.01 1.40 3.54

9.45

Palm branches

Eggplants

56.62

Stalk Shell Hurd Shiv Stick Shive

Hazelnuts, with shell

1.07 0.25 0.01 2.69 3.37

Hemp tow waste

Hempseed

5164 4900 5392

Jute

Linseed (flax)

Maize

201.98

1162.35

57,547

Cob

Manila fiber (abaca)

0.17 1.08 0.04 0.03

0.11

6177

Fiber

Pineapples Poppy seed

27.82

258,056

Leaves Husk Stem Straw Straw Straw Stalk Bagasse Bagasse

0.02 0.06

6397

Ramie

19,055 20,390 46,089 33,781 26,103 14,585 706,434 18,020 13,227 18,188 369,798 24,989 34,744

Rapeseed

35.50

72.38

Rice, paddy

164.19

756.74

Rye

4.45

15.02 83.11 58.71

Seed cotton

31.84 40.25 26.47 27.87

Sorghum

Sugar cane

1869.72

Sunflower seed

50.23

Husk

Tea

5.31 3.24 5.05 1.02

7.02 5.89

Leaves Stalk Stalk Shell Straw

Tobacco, unmanufactured

Tomatoes

186.82

Walnuts, with shell

3.32

Wheat

219.01

760.93

subterranean termites. The authors attributed the termite resistance to the presence of nicotine in tobacco stalks, which might act as a potent insecticide for termites. Apart from its chemical and anatomical properties, Klimek et al. [72] demonstrated that the adhesive used and loading level during particleboard production also play a vital role in the perfor- mance of the resultant particleboard. pMDI at 4% and 6% content levels resulted in better mechanical and physical properties than UF resin at 8% and 12% content. Kenaf stalks particleboard [104] had higher MOR than the particleboard made from tobacco or sunflower stalks, kiwi pruning, grape- vine stalks, and tea leaves residues [105]. However, its IB was inferior to tobacco, sunflower stalks, vine stalk, and kiwi pruning boards, mainly due to its less fibrous anatomical structure and bark content [90].

the economy if this sugarcane bagasse were converted into panel products such as particleboard and other fiber com- posites [106,107]. Sugarcane bagasse has been proven to pro- duce particleboard with acceptable physical and mechanical properties, with or without the incorporation of wood parti- cles [108,109]. Particleboard made of sugarcane bagasse is shown in Fig. 10. However, particleboard made from sugar- cane has lower mechanical strength compared to that of its eucalyptus and pine counterparts [110]. Therefore, in some cases, the incorporation of wood particles is necessary to improve the performance of particleboard. A study by Buzo et al. [111] stated that sugarcane bagasse particleboard bonded with castor oil-based polyurethane (PU) resin could attain the best mechanical and physical properties after the incorpora- tion of 60% pine particles. A similar observation was obtained by Yano et al. [112], who reported that the incorporation of 50% industrial timber residue improved the mechanical per- formance of sugarcane bagasse particleboard. Particleboard made from sweet sorghum particles, on the other hand, has low dimensional stability, MOE, and IB prop- erties. However, these drawbacks can be overcome by layering surface treatment, as reported by Iswanto et al. [63]. Using citric acid (CA) and sucrose as a binder, sweet sorghum bagasse particleboard was found to have superior

4.3.

Bagasse-based particleboard

Bagasse, also called megass, is the dry pulpy fibrous material that remains after the extraction of the sugar-bearing juice from sugarcane or sorghum stalks. It is estimated that 250 kg of bagasse could be generated from every ton of sugarcane. The sugarcane bagasse is normally used as fuel for steam generation to supply energy [65]. It could benefit society and

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