Deepwater Rice - the Daudkandi site - Comilla District, Bangladesh

Situated in the Meghna floodplain, slightly east of the Daudkandi town and not far past the river crossing. As with other Meghna floodplain sites, the flood water does not carry any great quantity of silt. Factorial and varietal trials were planted in 1982.

Ploughing, March 1982 - note the boro rice ready for harvesting	Sowing by broadcasting
Ploughing after sowing	With "laddering" in some instances to really smooth the soil
After weeding - seen on 18 June, when shallow flooding in the field. On 23 June flood was at about 1 m.
Getting into the factorial trial field in late flood - the crop is flowering	by boat is the only way
note the pattern of the plots and the depth marker	Paul Francis in his trial field
The site at peak flooding

©2000 - Brian Taylor CBiol FIBiol FRES 11, Grazingfield, Wilford, Nottingham, NG11 7FN, U.K. Visiting Academic in the Department of Life Science, University of Nottingham

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