Tim Abbey
Extension Educator, Horticulture - Green Industry
Expertise:
- Integrated Pest Management
- Entomology
- Horticulture
Contact:
- Phone: 717-840-7408
- Email: tma13@psu.edu
- Location:
- York County
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Most recent education by Tim Abbey
- Turfgrass Diseases: Pink Snow Mold (Causal fungus: Microdochium nivale)
- Turfgrass Diseases: Gray Snow Mold (Causal fungus: Typhula incarnata)
- Turfgrass Diseases: Cool-Season Brown Patch or Yellow Patch (Causal Fungus: Rhizoctonia cerealis)
- Lawn and Turfgrass Weeds: Japanese Stiltgrass [Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus]
- Let Beneficial Insects Work for You
Tim Abbey's main responsibility is to educate nursery and landscape care professionals on how to manage ornamental plant pests using integrated pest management (IPM) strategies in the counties surrounding Harrisburg. He also coordinates educational programs that focus on pest management, tree care and other horticultural topics.
He also serves as a resource for other audiences such as:Â Master Gardener training; educational lectures on ornamental plant pests outside of his base area; and entomology lectures to civic organizations, garden clubs and children's groups.
B.S. in biology/ecology from Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
M.S. in turfgrass IPM from the Entomology Department at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
M.S. in turfgrass IPM from the Entomology Department at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD.