General sampling

Some of the techniques employed for sampling deepwater rice stems and determining such as plant density are shown below.

Sampling newly emerged DWR	Sampling around the time of flooding
Tiller count with 1m² quadrat	Sampling around the time of flooding
Using a sweep net to estimate adult YSB numbers	Sweep netting close-up
Sampling in the flooded field	The "floating table"
Cropcuts	Cropcuts

Hazards of field work

Rarely was fieldwork dull, although a cup of "chai" at the village teashop solved most frustrations

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