Patent ID: 6903053

Claim:
An agricultural item comprising an anaerobically biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer comprising two randomly repeating monomer units wherein the first randomly repeating monomer unit has the structure: wherein R 1 is H or a C 1-2 alkyl, and n is 1; and the second randomly repeating monomer unit has the structure: wherein R 2 is a C 3-19 alkyl or a C 3-19 alkenyl; wherein at least 50% of the randomly repeating monomer units have the structure of the first randomly repeating monomer unit; and wherein the agricultural item is selected from the group consisting of erosion control covers, nets, pots, wreath rings, mulches, plant stakes, labels, twines, ropes, seed-containing devices, chemical-containing devices, encapsulated seeds, encapsulated chemicals, plant coatings and mixtures thereof and wherein said anaerobically biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer is non-brittle and has a melting temperature from about 60 C to about 140 C.