“…It is important to evaluate agricultural wastes to find their particular characteristics, which may also vary as a function of the geographical area where the plant has grown. A wide variety of non-wood plant fibers and agro-residues, such as nutshell, 1 walnut and almond shell, [9][10][11] peach nut shell, 12 kiwi prunings, 13 bamboo, 14 cotton seed hulls, 15 flax shives, 16 vine prunings, 17 wood flour, 18 rice husk and starch, 19,20 Todo fir, sycamore leaves and sun flower, have been investigated as filling materials. [21][22][23] In the literature, studies on a number of parameters, such as curing time and temperature of the polymeric binder, 1,9 molding temperature and pressure, polymeric binder/filler ratio 10,12 and particle size of the filler, 24 have been carried out to find the optimum conditions for resin synthesis and to enhance the physical and mechanical properties of particleboard.…”