Rhododendron Research Network
Accomplishments and Current Activities
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2017 |
Rhododendron research network is established. |
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2017 |
Website created, rhodo-research.net. |
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2018 |
Additions and improvements made to the R-RN website. |
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2018 |
Steering committee established. Bi-annual newsletter begun. Published Journal and magazine articles about R-RN. |
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2019 |
Research issue of Rhododendrons International published. |
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2019 |
R-RN governance page, charter documents page and R-RN annual reports added to web site. |
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2019 |
Rhododendron literature database created using Mendeley. |
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2020 |
Created online chat capabilities at R-RN web site for members. |
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2020 |
Added website links to online rhododendron resources for researchers. |
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2020 |
Increased visibility of R-RN via Twitter and Facebook. |
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2020 |
Supported transition of new ARS Research Committee Chair. |
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2020 |
Researched potential grant application from the NSF Research Coordination Networks program. |
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2021 |
Published three issues of the R-RN newsletter. |
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2021 |
Hosted three half-day virtual R-RN meetings with theme: "Building Community Partnerships". |
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2021 |
Grew and maintained the Mendeley database of scientific literature. |
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2021 |
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2022 |
R-RN members worked to develop collaborative proposal submissions to programs within the National Science Foundation. |
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2022 |
ARS National Convention featured poster session by Rhododendron researchers and horticulturalists. |
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2022 |
Revised newsletter mailing list and published newsletters in January and July. |
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2022 |
Updated and backed up quarterly Rhododendron reference database. Transitioned database to Zotero, a free platform. References still updated in Mendeley, but Mendeley now is deprecated.. |
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2022 |
Began development on a prototype Rhododendron trait database using initial data provided by Jean and Juliana. Database will be hosted and searchable at the R-RN website. |
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Current Initiatives Summary:
Details of current initiatives |
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2023 |
Seek participants for proposal to the National Science Foundation Research Coordination Networks. |
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2023 |
Seek article submissions for a special issue of Rhododendrons International focused on Rhododendron research. | |
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2023 |
Continue development of a prototype database for Rhododendron species traits. |
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2023 |
Maintain the Rhododendron literature database by adding new publications quarterly to the database. |
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2023 |
Host a science-base poster session at the 2023 ARS/ASA Convention to be held in Atlanta GA April 18-23. |
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2023 |
Publish news articles of interest in the biannual R-RN newsletter. |
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2023 |
Identify leader for the Community-based Research Working Group. |
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