RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Practices for production of dryland summer annual crops (maize, sorghum, pearl millet); Pearl millet as an alternate grain crop; Crop rotation; Production practice influence on grain quality; International sorghum and pearl millet agronomy.

COURSES TAUGHT:

• Agronomy 204, Resource Efficient Crop Management
• Agronomy 405, Crop Management Strategies
• Agronomy 201, Preparation for an Agronomic Career
• Agronomy 437/837, Animal, Food and Industrial Uses of Grain.
• Agronomy 438/838 Production of Grain for Animal, Food and Industrial Use

MAJOR PROJECT ACTIVITIES:

Planting date and row spacing studies with pearl millet grain sorghum in eastern and western Nebraska; Growth analysis and nutrient uptake by pearl millet and grain sorghum; New/old maize and grain sorghum hybrid comparison under dryland, irrigated, and different row spacings; pearl millet - soybean rotation; pearl millet and grain sorghum competition with velvetleaf; international research in West Africa on pearl millet cropping systems, crop residue management, and fertilizer management.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

• Maman, N., D.J. Lyon, S.C. Mason, T.D. Galusha, and R. Higgins. 2003. Pearl millet and grain sorghum yield response to water supply in Nebraska. Agron. J. 95: 1618 - 1624.
  
  
• Pale, S., S.C. Mason and T.D. Galusha. 2003. Planting time for early-season pearl millet and grain sorghum in Nebraska. Agron. J. 95: 1047 - 1053.
  
  
• Traore, S., S.C. Mason, A.R. Martin, D.A. Mortensen, and J.J. Spotanski. 2003. Velvetleaf interference effects on yield and growth of grain sorghum. Agron. J. 95: 1602 - 1607.
  
  
• Mason, Stephen C. and Nora E. D'Croz-Mason. 2002. Agronomic practices influence maize grain quality. Journal of Production Agriculture 5: 75 - 91.
  
  
• Samba Traoré, J. L. Lindquist, S. C. Mason, A. R. Martin, and D.A. Mortensen. 2002. Comparative ecophysiology of grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor ) and Abutilon theophrasti in monoculture and in mixture. Weed Res. 42: 65 - 75.
  
  
• Coulibaly, A., M. Bagayoko, S. Traore and S.C. Mason. 2000. Crop residue management and cropping system influence on pearl millet and cowpea yield. Afri. Crop Sci. J. 8(4): 1 - 8.
  
  
• Roggenkamp, G.J., S.C. Mason and A.R. Martin. 2000. Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) and green foxtail (Setaria viridis) response to corn (Zea mays) hybrid. Weed Tech. 14: 304 - 311.
  
  
• Maman, Nouri, S.C. Mason and Seyni Sirifi. 2000. Variety and management level influence on pearl millet production in Niger: I. Grain yield and dry matter accumulation. Afri. Crop Sci. J. 8: 25 - 34.
  
  
• Maman, Nouri, S.C. Mason and Seyni Sirifi. 2000. Variety and management level influence on pearl millet production in Niger: II. N and P concentration and accumulation. Afri. Crop Sci. J. 8: 35 - 47.
  
  
• Maman, Nouri, S.C. Mason, T. Galusha and M.D. Clegg. 1999. Hybrid and nitrogen influence on pearl millet production in Nebraska: Yield, growth and nitrogen uptake and efficiency. Agron. J. 91: 737 - 743.
  
  
• Limon-Ortega, A., S.C. Mason, and A.R. Martin. 1998. Production practices improve grain sorghum and pearl millet competitiveness with weeds. Agron. J. 90:227 -232.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Bagayoko, M., S.C. Mason, S. Traore, and K.M. Eskridge. 1996. Pearl millet/cowpea cropping system yields and soil nutrient levels. African Crop Sci. J. 4(4):453 - 462.

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:

• Co-leader for advising transfer students majoring in Agronomy.