México maintains several databases with biotic or abiotic information that enable large scale-studies (for example, at a resolution of 1 km2); unfortunately, there is no information at this resolution for soil properties.
In the case of Ecoinvent, the database provides only biotic elementary flows for some wood types, given in cubic meter [33].
There existed a correlated gene expression of OsMPK20-4 and OsMPK3 under biotic stresses in rice MPSS database providing a hint of their concerted role in biotic stress (Additional file 4).
However, since no mass-based flows connected to biotic inputs exist in the Ecoinvent database, each process in which an agricultural product is considered needs to be adapted separately.
We have downloaded all expression data of rice lectin genes under biotic and abiotic stresses from rice MPSS database (Methods).
Against this background, this paper presents a methodology for how to calculate the amount of abiotic and biotic raw materials in LCA using the Ecoinvent database.
Biotic stress: The GEO series for the biotic stress database involved GSE7256, GSE30941, GSE41798, GSE18361, GSE36272, GSE29967, and GSE11025.
As described by Wiesen et al. [22], there are several challenges involved when adapting the database to calculate both abiotic and the biotic raw materials.
The PathoPlant database harbours microarray expression data primarily for biotic and abiotic stress conditions (5, 13).
To gain insight into the comprehensive roles of the OsOPT family members in response to various stresses, their expression patterns were investigated in rice seedlings subjected to abiotic (salt, drought and cold) (Figure 5) and biotic (two rice diseases) stresses (Figure 6) by mining the MPSS database.
