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

Nigel Cattlin / Rice leaf folder moth (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis) caterpillar of pest species in folded Rice (Oryza sativa) leaf , Luzon, Philippines

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

Nigel Cattlin / Sheath rot (Sarocladium oryzae) lesions and necrosis on Rice (Oryza sativa) flagleaf and aborted ears, Luzon, Philippines

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

Nigel Cattlin / Rice blast (Magnaporthe grisea) disease infected nodes on Rice (Oryza sativa) plant stems, Luzon, Philippines

Nigel Cattlin / Symptoms of Neck blast (Magnaporthe grisea) on Rice (Oryza sativa) plants in ear, Luzon, Philippines

Nigel Cattlin / Leaf tipping on Rice (Oryza sativa) caused by Leaf scald (Microdochium oryzae) disease, Thailand

Dave Bevan / Juvenile Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) feeding on grain in a barn, filmed at night using infra red, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, October.

Colin Varndell / Harvest mouse (Micromus minutus) climbing between ripe Wheat, Dorset, UK, July.

Pal Hermansen / Colourful corn (Zea mays) seeds against white background.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Rice farmers pounding freshly harvested rice, Port Loko district, Sierra Leone, 2004-2005.

Adam Burton,Adam Burton / Traditional wheat stooks harvested for thatching, Coldridge, Devon, England. August 2012.

Alex Hyde / Various pollen grains from several species of UK plant. False coloured scanning electron micrograph. Digital composite.

Floris van Breugel / View of snow-like dunes of the White Sands National Park. These sand grains consist of tiny crystals of gypsum. New Mexico, USA, April 2010

Floris van Breugel / Wild oats (Avena) Mt. Diablo State Park, California, USA.

Kim Taylor / Herb Robert {Geranium robertianum} close-up of stamen and anthers, showing pollen grains, Surrey, England.

Albert Lleal / Common Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) SEM close-up view of pollen grains at 1050x magnification

Albert Lleal / Common Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) SEM close-up view of pollen grains at 700x magnification

Albert Lleal / Trumpet Lily (Lilium longiflorum) SEM close-up view of pollen grains at 105x magnification

John Cancalosi / Luhya woman winnowing corn. Kakamega forest, Kenya. 2017.

Nick Upton / Honeycomb worm reef (Sabellaria alveolata) with clustered tubes built of sand grains attached to boulders, exposed at low tide with the sea in the background, Dunraven Bay, Glamorgan, Wales, September...

Terry Whittaker / Cereals and rice for sale, unpackaged. Mandroseza, Antananarivo, Madagascar. 2019.

Eric Medard / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in field, only ears visible, Mayenne, France, July.

Nigel Cattlin / Wheat (Triticum aestivum) grains, a comparison of a good quality harvest with poorer harvest, grain with chaff and husk contamination, and crushed and broken grains.

Nigel Cattlin / Barley (Hordeum vulgare) germination test, seed treated with tetrazolium salt. Grains stained red are viable, colourless grains are not viable.

Nigel Cattlin / Triticale seed variety Lasko x Triticosecale, a cereal cross beween wheat (Triticum) and Rye (Secale)

Nigel Cattlin / Barley grain or seed( Hordeum vulgare)

Nigel Cattlin / Barley grain weevil (Sitophilus granarius) and severely damaged barley grains from an infested grain store

Nigel Cattlin / Grain aphid (Sitobion avenae) severe infestion of pest aphids on green unripe ears of winter wheat, England, UK. June

Nigel Cattlin / Grain aphid (Sitobion avenae) severe infestion of pest aphids on green unripe ears of winter wheat, England, UK. June

Nigel Cattlin / Loose smut (Ustilago nuda) varying degrees of fungal disease infection on smutted ears of barley

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Rear view of Ladakhi woman carrying cereal harvest from fields on her back. At altitude of 3900m. Honupatta, Ladakh, India. September 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Ladakhi woman carrying cereal harvest on her back along slope, at altitude of 3900m. Honupatta, Ladakh, India. September 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Holi tribeswomen cooking fried corn balls, children eating them in background. Benin. 2020.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Holi tribeswomen community shaping corn balls, view of arms and large bowl of corn, Benin. 2020.

Nigel Cattlin / A winter wheat crop in green unripe ear with full grains on a fine day, Berkshire, June

Nigel Cattlin / A winter wheat crop in green unripe ear with full grains on a fine day, Berkshire, June

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Millet plantation, Guera Mountains, southern Chad. September 2019.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Millet plantation, Guera Mountains, southern Chad. September 2019.

Lorraine Bennery / Rice fields around the capital, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Lorraine Bennery / Rice fields around the capital, Antananarivo. Madagascar.

Nigel Cattlin / Ergot (Claviceps purpurea) ergots replacing grains in a ripening wheat ear

Nigel Cattlin / Rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae) feeding on Rice (Oryza sativa) grains, a pest of stored grain products.

Nigel Cattlin / Rusty grain beetle (Cryptolestes ferrugineus) on Wheat (Triticum aestivum) grain, a cereal storage pest.

Nigel Cattlin / Lesser grain borer (Rhizopertha dominica) feeding on Wheat (Triticum aestivum), pest of stored cereal grains and peanuts. Photomicrograph.

Nigel Cattlin / Lesser grain borer (Rhizopertha dominica) feeding on Wheat (Triticum aestivum), pest of stored cereal grains and peanuts. Photomicrograph.

Nigel Cattlin / Winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) ears, ripe and ready to harvest. Berkshire, England, UK.