Open Access Resources/Software/Analysis Pipelines/Datasets
- QScout (Evans et al. 2022, TPPJ)
- QScout tool suite for integrating remote sensing imagery and raster data with field-scouting data in QGIS. The central features are the Drop Pins and Locate Pins plugins, allowing the user to easily link scouted data to remote sensing imagery. QScout also includes the Value Grabber and Grid Aggregator plugins, which transfer raster data into pins and aggregate the data from the pins into a grid, respectively. The final tools, Drop, Grab, and Aggregate and Locate, Grab, and Aggregate, are plugins that combine subsets of the four core plugins. The interface allows users to effectively make use of field-scouted observations with remote imagery and can improve data organization, analysis, and identification of locations of interest for further scouting or targeted management. QScout was developed with support from USDA-ARS Grape Genetics Research Unit CRIS Project 8060-21220-007-00D, NASA JPL Strategic University Research Program, and NASA project #80NSSC21K1605. https://github.com/GoldLabGrapeSPEC/QScout
- Fusarium oxysporum web map (Calderon et al., in review)
- Fusarium oxysporum (Foxy) is a soilborne fungus with a worldwide distribution responsible for wilt, root- and foot-rot diseases in more than a hundred agricultural crops. The narrow host specificity of its pathogenic strains has led to the concept of formae speciales (f. sp.) to group strains by host range. The appearance and increased spread of new, highly virulent Foxy strains able to overcome innate resistance, such as Foxy f. sp. cubense “TR-4”, threatens crop production, food security, and neighboring natural ecosystems worldwide. Global science and policy efforts to better understand the impact of FW on global food security and develop decision support for effective mitigation have been hampered by a lack of easily accessible information on pathogen and disease presence. To facilitate interdisciplinary research on this critically important pathogen, we have developed an interactive, online web map that enables users to view the worldwide distribution of the most important formae speciales of Foxy at country and sub-country level reported in peer-reviewed literature. This includes 3980 unique entries of 40 forma speciales from 149 countries. This web map is an open resource that will be up to date in the long term by the authors to accurately inform researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders. Our webmap was developed with support from NASA Grant #80NSSC21K1605. https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/1e6014e6634948808a283d0a3b147bfe/