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Dr. Kenneth Marcum
Specialist in Turf Grass Management
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Contact Information:

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences
3190 Maile Way, St. John 102
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-2279

Office: St. John 108
Telephone: (808) 956-7058
Fax: (808) 956-3894
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Educational Background
  • B.S., Ohio State University (1977)
  • M.S., New Mexico State University (1982)
  • Ph.D., University of Hawaii (1989)
Research/Extension Interests
  • Conduct problem solving research on turfgrasses important to Hawaii.
  • Evaluate new turfgrass cultivars for improved stress tolerance with reduced inputs.
  • Water use and water quality issues associated with turfgrass.
Courses
Current Projects
  • On-site and controlled-environment evaluation of new cultivar adaptibility to Hawaii.
  • Survey of the economic and employment value of the Turfgrass industry to Hawaii.
Recent Publications
  • Marcum, K.B. 2001. Growth and physiological adaptations of grasses to salinity stress. In M. Pessarakli (ed.). Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology, 2nd ed. Marcel Dekker, New York (in press).
  • Qian, Y.L., S.J. Wilhelm, and K.B. Marcum. 2001. Comparative responses of two Kentucky bluegrass cultivars to salinity stress. Crop Science (in press).
  • Marcum, K.B. 2000. Salinity tolerance of thirty-five bentgrass cultivars. HortScience 36:374-376.
  • White, R.H., M.C. Engelke, S.J. Anderson, B.A. Ruemmele, K.B. Marcum, and G.R. Taylor III. 2000. Zoysiagrass water relations. Crop Science 41:133-138.
  • Marcum, K.B. 1999. Salinity tolerance mechanisms of grasses in the subfamily Chloridoideae. Crop Science 39:1153-1160.
  • Marcum, K.B. 1999. Salinity tolerance in turfgrasses. In M. Pessarakli (ed.) Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress, 2nd. ed. Marcel Dekker, New York.
  • Rajashekar, C.B., H. Zhou, K.B. Marcum, and O. Prakash. 1999. Glycine betaine accumulation and induction of cold tolerance in strawberry (Fargaria X ananassa Duch.) plants. Plant Science 148:175-183.
  • Marcum, K.B. 1998. Cell membrane thermostability and whole-plant heat tolerance of Kentucky bluegrass. Crop Science 38:1214-1218.
  • Marcum, K.B., S.J. Anderson, and M.C. Engelke. 1998. Salt gland ion secretion: A salinity tolerance mechanism among five zoysiagrass species. Crop Science 38:806-810.
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Last updated on 12/24/02