Teryl Roper

PSC Dept

Fruit Crop Specialist


Teryl Roper

Educational Background

PhD, Horticulture, (Pomology), Washington State University, 1987
MS, Botany, Brigham Young University, 1983
BS, Botany, Brigham Young University, 1981

Teaching Interests

Fruit Production

Publications | Books

      Publications | Book Chapters

    • Roper, T.R, Black, B.L, (2011). Plant Growth Regulators and Thinning: Utah-Colorado Commercial Tree Fruit Production Guide. Utah State University Extension and Western Colorado Research Center, Colorado State University *

    An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

    Publications | Fact Sheets

      An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

      Publications | Curriculum

      • Black, B.L, Roper, T.R, Heflebower, R.F, Pace, M., Worwood, D.R, Murray, M., (2011). Growing Fruit Trees: Utah State University Master Gardener Manual. USU Extension *

      An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

      Publications | Journal Articles

      Academic Journal

      • Roper, T.R, Black, B.L, Stasiak, M., Marini, R.P, Cline, J., Robinson, T., (2019). Performance of ‘Montmorency’ Sour Cherry (Prunus cerasus L.) on Size-Controlling Rootstocks at Six NC-140 Trial Locations in North America. Journal of the American Pomological Society, 73:3, 168-177.
      • Ernst, T., Rowley, S.D, Black, B.L, Roper, T.R, (2012). Reviewing potential local fruit markets: A Utah case study. Journal of the American Pomological Society, 66:1, 16-22.
      • Roper, T.R, (2008). Mineral nutrition of cranberry: What we know and what we thought we knew. . Acta Horticulturae, 810, 613-625.
      • Roper, T.R, (2005). Performance of Apple Cultivars in the 1995 NE-183 Regional Project Planting: I. Growth and Yield Characteristics.. J. Amer. Pom. Soc, 59:1, 18-27.
      • Roper, T.R, (2004). Effect of Cultivar and Site on Fruit Quality as Demonstrated by the NE-183 Regional Project on Apple Cultivars. . HortTechnology, 15:4, 886-895.
      • Al-Hinai, Y.K, Roper, T.R, (2004). Rootstock effects on growth, cell number and cell size of ‘Gala’ apples.. J. Amer.Soc. Hort. Sci., 129, 37-41.
      • Al-Hinai, Y.K, Roper, T.R, (2004). Rootstock effects on growth and quality of ‘Gala’ apples. . HortScience, 39, 1231-1233.
      • Natvig, E.E, Ingham, S.C, Ingham, B.H, Cooperband, L.R, Roper, T.R, (2002). Salmonella enterica of root and leaf vegetables grown in soils with incorporated Bovine manure.. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 68, 2737-2744.
      • Aguirre, P.B, Al-Hinai, Y.K, Roper, T.R, Krueger, A.R, (2001). Apple tree rootstock and nitrogen fertilizer application timing affect nitrogen uptake. HortScience36, 1202-1205.

      An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

      Publications | Other

      Bulletins

        An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

        Teaching

        PSC 1800 - Introduction to Horticulture, Spring 2023
        PSC 1800 - Introduction to Horticulture, Spring 2022
        PSC 4200 - Temperate Zone Fruit Production, Spring 2022
        PSC 4200 - Temperate Zone Fruit Production, Fall 2021
        PSC 1800 - Introduction to Horticulture, Spring 2021
        PSC 4200, 6900 - Special Problems in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Spring 2021
        PSC 1800 - Introduction to Horticulture, Spring 2020
        PSC 4200 - Temperate Zone Fruit Production, Spring 2020
        PSC 4200 - Temperate Zone Fruit Production, Fall 2019
        PSC 1800 - Introduction to Horticulture, Spring 2019
        PSC 4200 - Temperate Zone Fruit Production, Spring 2019
        PSC 1800 - Introduction to Horticulture, Spring 2018
        PSC 4200 - Temperate Zone Fruit Production, Spring 2018
        PSC 1800 - Introduction to Horticulture, Spring 2017
        PSC 4200 - Temperate Zone Fruit Production, Spring 2017
        PSC 6900 - Special Problems in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Spring 2016
        PSC 4200 - Temperate Zone Fruit Production, Spring 2016
        PSC 6900 - Special Problems in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Spring 2015
        PSC 4200 - Temperate Zone Fruit Production, Spring 2015
        PSC 4250 - Internship in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Summer 2014
        PSC 6990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement, Spring 2014
        PSC 7990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement, Spring 2014
        PSC 4250 - Internship in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Spring 2014
        PSC 4890 - Senior Seminar, Spring 2014
        PSC 4200 - Temperate Zone Fruit Production, Spring 2014
        PSC 4890 - Senior Seminar, Fall 2013
        PSC 4900 - Special Problems, Fall 2013
        PSC 4250 - Internship in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Summer 2013
        PSC 6990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement, Spring 2013
        PSC 7990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement, Spring 2013
        PSC 4250 - Internship in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Spring 2013
        PSC 4890 - Senior Seminar, Spring 2013
        PSC 4900 - Special Problems, Spring 2013
        PSC 6900 - Special Problems in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Spring 2013
        PSC 4200 - Temperate Zone Fruit Production, Spring 2013
        PSC 4250 - Internship in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Fall 2012
        PSC 4900 - Special Problems, Fall 2012
        PSC 6900 - Special Problems in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Fall 2012
        PSC 4250 - Internship in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Summer 2012
        PSC 6990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement, Spring 2012
        PSC 7990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement, Spring 2012
        PSC 4250 - Internship in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Spring 2012
        PSC 4890 - Senior Seminar, Spring 2012
        PSC 4890 - Senior Seminar, Spring 2012
        PSC 4900 - Special Problems, Spring 2012
        PSC 6900 - Special Problems in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Spring 2012
        PSC 6900 - Special Problems in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Spring 2012
        PSC 7900 - Special Problems in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Spring 2012
        PSC 4200 - Temperate Zone Fruit Production, Spring 2012
        PSC 4900 - Special Problems, Fall 2011
        PSC 6900 - Special Problems in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Fall 2011
        PSC 4250 - Internship in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Summer 2011
        PSC 4900 - Special Problems, Summer 2011
        PSC 6900 - Special Problems in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Summer 2011
        PSC 7990 - CONT GRAD ADVISEMENT, Spring 2011
        PSC 4250 - PSC INTERNSHIP, Spring 2011
        PSC 4890 - Senior Seminar, Spring 2011
        PSC 4890 - SENIOR SEMINAR (CI), Spring 2011
        PSC 6900 - SP: FRUIT PRODUCTION, Spring 2011
        PSC 6900 - SPECIAL PROBLEMS, Spring 2011
        PSC 4200 - Temperate Fruit Production, Spring 2011
        PSC 4200 - TEMPERATE FRUIT PRODUCTION, Spring 2011

        Extension

        Fruit crop education, 2016 - 2020
        Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, 2014 - 2014