Anthraquinone corn seed treatment (Avitec(TM)) as a feeding repellent for ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) on newly planted corn in eastern South Dakota

In recent years South Dakota's ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) population has increased and, along with it, complaints from agricultural producers regarding pheasant depredation on newly planted and emerging corn have increased. Heisterberg (1984) estimated that...