Nora E. D'Croz-Mason

Nora E. D'Croz-Mason

Nora E. D'Croz-Mason

Assistant Professor (Adjunct)

Area of Expertise:

B.S., Agronomy, National University of Colombia, S.A., 1970

M.S., Plant Breeding and Genetics, Purdue University, 1974

Ph.D., Plant Breeding and Genetics, Purdue University, 1987

Research Interests

  • European Corn Borer (ECB) resistance in yellow and white maize.
  • Corn Root Worm (CRW) resistance in yellow and white maize.
  • Breeding for food grain quality in white maize.
  • Yield, stay green and cytokinin relationships in maize.
  • Genetic diversity of Amaranth by using biotechnology and plant breeding.

Major Project Activities

  • European Corn Borer (ECB) resistance in yellow and white maize.
  • Breeding for food grain quality in white maize.

Courses Taught

  • AGRO 815, Introduction to Plant Breeding, 1994-1995

Publications

  • Guillen-Portal, F.R., W.K. Russell, K.M. Eskridge, D.D. Baltensperger, L.A. Nelson, N.E. D'Croz-Mason, and B.E. Johnson. 2004. Selection Environments for Maize in the U.S Western High Plains. Crop Sci. 44:1519-1526.
  • Guillen-Portal, F.R., W.K. Russell, D.D. Baltensperger, K.M. Eskridge, N.E. D'Croz-Mason, and L.A. Nelson. 2003 Best types of maize hybrids for the western High Plains of the USA. Crop Sci. 43:2065-2070.
  • D'Croz-Mason, N.E., J.E. Foster, and S.C. Mason. 2002. Registration of N547 maize germplasm line Crop Sci. 42:312.
  • Mason, S.C. and N.E. D'Croz-Mason. 2002. Agronomic practices influence maize grain quality. Journal of Crop Production 5:75-91.
  • Guillen, F. D.D. Baltensperger, L.A. Nelson, and N.E. D'Croz-Mason 1998. Variability in 'Plainsman' Grain Amaranth. p. 184-189. IN J. Janick (ed.). Perspectives on New Crops and New Uses. Proc. Fourth Nat. Symp. New Crops and New Uses. Phoenix, AZ.
  • Mason, S.C. J.M. Lasa, J. Lasschuit, N.E. D'Croz-Mason, and A. Garcia. 1996. Combining ability effects for sorghum emergence potential in crusted soils, coleoptile diameter and length, and kernel weight. Maydica 41:295-299.
  • Dofing, S.M., N.E. D'Croz-Mason, and M.A. Thomas-Compton. 1991. Inheritance of expansion volume and yield in two popcorn X dent corn crosses. Crop Sci. 31: 715-718.
  • Axtell, J.D., A.W. Kirleis, M.M. Hassen, N.E. D'Croz-Mason, E.T. Mertz, and L. Munck. 1981. Digestibility of sorghum proteins. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 78:1333-1335.
  • D'Croz, N.E., and P.L. Crane. 1975. Colombian maize germplasms as sources of modifier genes for opaque-2. Crop Sci. 15: 679-680.

Variety Releases

  • D'Croz-Mason and J.E. Foster. 1999. Release of two S5 inbred germplasms N547, and N548, and a population resistant to European Corn Borer (ECB) NECB549.
  • Thomas-Compton, M., N.E. D'Croz-Mason, L.C. Lane, and B. Doupnik. 1991. One NCLNA C1 population, five NCLNA S2 lines and five NCLNB S2 lines resistant to Corn Lethal Necrosis (CLN). University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
  • Thomas-Compton, M. W.A. Compton, N.E. D'Croz-Mason, and C.O. Gardner. 1995. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
    • Four popcorn inbred sister lines NP88, NP89, NP92, and NP93
    • Three popcorn inbred germplasms NPG90, NPG94 and NPG95
    • Four popcorn germplasm NPG96, NPG97, NPG98 and NPG99
    • Four popcorn germplasm populations NPSGS1 (3), NPSGIGaS1 (2), NPYPIS1(3), and NPSGTTS1 (3).