Protein and Isolated or Purified Amino Acid Product Containing Compositions and Uses Thereof

Abstract

Compositions comprising a protein and an isolated or purified amino acid product, and uses thereof are disclosed.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A fertilizer composition comprising:
 a seed protein selected from the group consisting of soybean meal, soy protein isolate, soy protein concentrate, soybean flakes, soybean hulls, soybean flour, soybean grits, soybean flakes, whey protein, canola protein, milk protein, gelatin, wheat gluten, cottonseed protein, palm kernels, palm protein, rapeseed kernels, safflower protein, sunflower protein, sesame protein, peanut protein, peanut processing residue, and mixtures of any thereof;   an isolated or purified amino acid product; and   a binding agent.   
     
     
         2 . The fertilizer composition of  claim 1 , wherein the binding agent is selected from the group consisting of butterfat, cocoa butter, cocoa butter substitutes, illipe fat, kokum butter, milk fat, mowrah fat, phulwara butter, sal fat, shea fat, camelina oil, canola oil, castor oil, coconut oil, coriander oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, hazelnut oil, hempseed oil, jatropha oil, linseed oil, mango kernel oil, meadowfoam oil, mustard oil, neat's foot oil, olive oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, peanut oil, rapeseed oil, rice bran oil, safflower oil, sasanqua oil, shea butter, soybean oil, sunflower seed oil, tall oil, tsubaki oil, tung oil, vegetable oils, triacylglycerols, diacylglycerols, monoacylglycerols, triolein palm olein, palm stearin, palm kernel olein, palm kernel stearin, triglycerides of medium chain fatty acids, lecithin, crude glycerin, corn syrup, corn steep liquor, condensed distillers' solubles, derivatives of any thereof, conjugated derivatives of any thereof, genetically-modified derivatives of any thereof, and mixtures of any thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The fertilizer composition of  claim 1 , wherein the isolated or purified amino acid product is selected from the group consisting of lysine monohydrochloride, lysine hydrate, lysine dihydrochloride, lysine sulfate, lysine free-base, lysine cell waste, lysine cell mass, lysine raffinate, a lysine mother liquor, threonine, threonine cell mass, threonine mother liquor, tryptophan, methionine and mixtures of any thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The fertilizer composition of  claim 1 , wherein the composition has a granular form. 
     
     
         5 . The fertilizer composition of  claim 1 , further comprising a soil conditioner. 
     
     
         6 . The fertilizer composition of  claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises at least eight percent by weight nitrogen. 
     
     
         7 . A fertilizer composition comprising:
 soybean meal;   10-30% by weight of an isolated or purified lysine product; and   a vegetable oil.   
     
     
         8 . The fertilizer composition of  claim 7 , wherein the composition comprises at least eight percent by weight nitrogen. 
     
     
         9 . The fertilizer composition of  claim 7 , wherein the soybean meal is present in the composition at 50-80 percent by weight. 
     
     
         10 . The fertilizer composition of  claim 7 , further comprising a soy protein isolate. 
     
     
         11 . The fertilizer composition of  claim 7 , wherein the vegetable oil is present in the composition at between 1-5 percent by weight. 
     
     
         12 . The fertilizer composition of  claim 7 , wherein the composition is in a granular form. 
     
     
         13 . A method comprising:
 spreading a granular form of a composition comprising a seed protein, a vegetable oil, and an isolated or purified amino acid product to a plant, soil or a combination thereof.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the composition comprises at least eight percent by weight nitrogen. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the plant is a turfgrass. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the turfgrass is selected from the group consisting of St. Augustine grass, Bermuda grass, dwarf Bermuda grass, tall fescue grass, bent grass, buffalo grass, rye grass, and any combinations thereof. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising mixing the composition with an organic product selected from the group consisting of animal manures, compost, bone meal, feather meal, blood meal, peat, and combinations of any thereof. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising mixing the composition with a compound selected from the group consisting of a fermentation cell broth, an ammonium salt of an organic acid, an amidated organic carboxylic acid, products and/or by-products generated at an agricultural product processing facility, a chelated mineral and combinations of any thereof. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising mixing urea with the composition. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising mixing condensed distillers' solubles with the composition.