Dr. Andrew Ristvey, Principal Agent & Extension Specialist for Commercial Horticulture, Wye UM Extension at University of Maryland
Dr. Andrew Ristvey is the University of Maryland Extension Specialist for Commercial Horticulture with a research and extension-program focus on ornamental and specialty crop nutrient and irrigation management. Dr. Ristvey received his Master of Science degree in 1993 from the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore in the MEES program. Soon after he worked on shoreline restoration and then wetland and forest-stand delineation. Dr. Ristvey spent two years doing environmental and horticultural education at Adkins Arboretum inside Maryland's Tuckahoe State Park. Dr. Ristvey earned his Doctorate in Horticulture in 2004 after 6 years of research on plant nutrition and nutrient management. His present extension and research interests are plant nutrition, irrigation management, sustainable alternative crop production, and green roof systems.
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