air-oil ratio [ AOR | air/oil ratio ]

Most of the vegetable oil is consumed by food markets but there are also important industrial applications: detergents and surfactants, lubricants, paints, solvents, polymers and linoleum, to name just a few.

Among the selected projects which are expected to have a direct bearing on agriculture, there will be the development of : - new animal vaccines for cattle and sheep - seaweed extracts as plant nutrients - 2 - - environmentally safe pesticides for olive trees (derived from micro-organisms) - new varieties of maize and tomatoes which are resistant to disease and insects - integrated technologies for the harvesting and processing of maize and sunflowers which bring added-value to the farmer - fish farming techniques for marine species of fish The biodegradable plastics Among the selected projects which focus on industrial applications, the ...[+++]re will be : - the extraction and transformation of vegetable oils for the production of lubricants, detergents, biodegradable plastics and other uses - the development of biodegradable polymers from bacteria and plants - the use of plant fibres in plastics, pulp and paper processing - the development of natural flavours from plant extracts - the production of galacturonic acid from beet and citrus pulp (used as an acidulant or emulsifying agent, and in food and animal feedstuffs).