paddy seed Pusa 1509

Pusa Basmati 1509

Pusa Basmati 1509 (IET 21960) is a Basmati rice

variety developed by the Division of Genetics, Indian

Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. This variety

have been released by the Central Sub-Committee on

Crop Standards, Notification and Release of Varieties

for Agricultural Crops, Government of India vide

notification number S.O 2817(E) dated 19th September

2013 for commercial cultivation in the Basmati growing

regions of Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.

Pusa Basmati 1509 is the first early maturing

Basmati rice variety with seed to seed maturity of

only 120 days and average yield of 4.25 t/ ha. It

recorded an average yield advantage of 50.46 % over

Taraori Basmati and 5.6 % over Pusa Basmati 1121

in the AICRIP trials during three consecutive years in

Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. In Basmati growing regions

of the north western India, there is a growing concern

of reducing water table due to pumping of underground

water for puddling operation before transplanting and

frequent irrigation of rice crop. 

There is a sizeablearea of 2.0 million ha under Basmati rice which provides steady income earner for farmers and there

is no obvious alternative crop with similar economic

returns. 

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