Prem P. Singh

Open Data, Decoded

Public data, read honestly

A lot of useful data in plant science sits in public databases, raw and rarely interpreted. Each piece here takes one open dataset and turns it into a clear, defensible reading, separating what the data shows from what it does not. Every figure is reproducible, with the code linked.

Can a Public Database Detect a Plant Disease Outbreak?
·GBIF.org·1,170 records

Can a Public Database Detect a Plant Disease Outbreak?

I tested 1,170 public GBIF records of Xylella fastidiosa against documented European outbreaks. It caught Italy's epidemic the same year it was confirmed, missed Portugal's entirely, and once corrected for sampling effort the United States fell from first place to seventh.

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