A process for enhancing the functional properties of denatured proteinaceous material of vegetable origin. The enhanced properties include at least one property selected from the group consisting of water absorption, water binding capacity, oil binding capacity, fat binding capacity, and the ability to produce viscous aqueous suspensions. The process includes the steps of obtaining the denatured proteinaceous material by treating undenatured proteinaceous material with aqueous alcohol and maintaining a slurry of the denatured proteinaceous material in warm aqueous ammonia in which the weight ratio of the aqueous phase to solids is between 3:1 and 15:1 at a temperature between 75.degree. C. to 100.degree. C. and within a pH range of from 8.0 to 9.5.
A biocarrier loaded with up to 60% by weight of a mixture including a biological control agent. The biocarrier is derived from the residual cell mass remaining after lipids and soluble proteins and sugars have at least in part been removed from crushed or ground oil seeds. The biological control agent is an agrochemical, biopesticide or mixtures thereof. When the product is formulated as a granule, tablet or briquette it has good hardness and produces substantially no dust, thereby reducing operator exposure to the biological control agent.
A mycoherbicidal delivery composition prepared from an inoculum of a fungal pathogen in an amount sufficient to control growth of an aquatic weed on a biocarrier comprising a plurality of discrete particles derived from a residual cell mass remaining fter lipids, proteins and sugars have been removed from oil seeds. The composition is formed as a cohesive, non-agglutinating dough which is shaped and dried to a low moisture content. The composition is shelf stable in dried form and can be used for targeted delivery of the mycoherbicide to an aquatic weed.
