With maintaining healthy turfgrass areas and lawns comes the necessity to be able to identify and diagnose symptoms of disease, insect, or environmental stress in these outdoor spaces.
During this class, learn the signs of common turfgrass problems, explore management strategies, and observe samples of pests turf managers may encounter—all to help keep your turf healthy and thriving.
Location
The Visitor Center Auditorium
Instructor
Tanner Delvalle
Tanner Delvalle is a commercial horticulture educator with Penn State Cooperative Extension for both Schuylkill and Berks Counties. His major focus areas include green industry, turf maintenance, weed control, vegetables, fruit, berries, and Christmas tree production. He received an MS in agronomy from Penn State, a BS in turfgrass science from Penn State, and an AAS in logistics from the Community College of the Air Force. Delvalle's professional experience includes golf course maintenance, a sales consultant for a green industry supplier, director of a lawn care company, and six years in the US Air National Guard.
