<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coated granular material which is coated with a resin decomposable in soil, has excellent elution controllability for a bioactive substance and contains the bioactive substance. <;P>;SOLUTION: The coated granular material is prepared by coating the bioactive substance-containing granular material with the urethane resin obtained by reacting an aromatic polyisocyanate with a polyester polyol having an oxycarbonyl [-O-C(=O)-] partial structure in a ratio of &ge;15% (by weight) in a molecule and a polyol containing a diol expressed by general formula (1) [in the formula, Z expresses Z<;SP>;1<;/SP>;or Z<;SP>;2<;/SP>;CO<;SB>;2<;/SB>;CH<;SB>;2<;/SB>;and Z<;SP>;1<;/SP>;and Z<;SP>;2<;/SP>;respectively express a 4-30C linear hydrocarbon group]. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT