Nigel Cattlin / Bacterial blight (Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae) disease lesions on Rice (Oryza sativa) crop, Luzon, Philippines

Nigel Cattlin / Tungro virus (Rice (Oryza sativa) tungro bacilliform virus) on diseased, damaged Rice (Oryza sativa) plot, Philippines

Nigel Cattlin / Blue colour variation of Green paddy leafhopper, (Nephottetix virescens) a biotype of this pest species

Nigel Cattlin / Eggs of Golden apple snail / Channelled apple snail (Pomacea caniculata) in a Rice (Oryza sativa) paddy, Luzon, Philippines

Cyril Ruoso / Terraced rice fields, Bali, Indonesia.

Richard Herrmann / Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares) and Blue Marlin (Makaira nigricans) beside floating kelp, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Cyril Ruoso / Terraced rice paddy fields, Ubud area, Bali, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Paddy melon (Cucumis myriocarpus) growing in red sand dunes of the outback. It is a prostrate or climbing annual herb occurs in southern Africa and is a weed in Australia, South Australia, Australia

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, ploughed fields in early winter, Shiga, Japan, November, sequence 7/8

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, summer, Shiga, Japan, early August, sequence 4/8

Juergen Freund / Ears of rice (Oryza sp) growing in rice paddy fields on the Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines. UNESCO World Heritage Site 2008

Juergen Freund / Fields of newly planted rice paddy fields (Oryza sp.), Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines. UNESCO World Heritage Site 2008