Rice
Variety Pusa Basmati 1692
Pusa Basmati 1692 (IET 26995) is a short duration high yielding Basmati rice variety developed through pedigree breeding by the Division of Genetics, ICARIndian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. This variety was identified by the Variety Identification Committee on 10th June 2020. It has been assigned with the national identity number of IC634520. Pusa Basmati 1692 (PB 1692) has been approved for release by the Central Sub-Committee on Crop Standards, Notification and Release of Varieties for the states of Delhi, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh
of the Basmati GI area of India and notified vide Gazette no. S.O. 3482 (E) dated 07.10.2020.
Pusa Basmati 1692 is a semi-dwarf Basmati variety with a seed to seed maturity of 110-115 days producing an average yield of 5.26 t/ha. It has shown a yield potential as high as 7.35 t/ha at Modipuram, Uttar Pradesh in the National Basmati trials. Developed from a cross between Pusa Basmati 1509/Pusa 1601, this variety possesses non-lodging and non-shattering
habit. In the AICRIP trials, Pusa Basmati 1692 has exhibited an average yield superiority of 14.94% over the check variety, Pusa Basmati (PB 1) and 18.18% superiority over Pusa Basamti 1121 during the three consecutive years of testing from Kharif 2017 to Kharif 2019. In Delhi state, Pusa Basmati 1692 also exhibited 6.79% superiority over Pusa Basmati 1509, the
popular short duration Basmati rice variety. In Haryana, it was found to be 20.77% superior over the checks, Haryana Basmati 2 and CSR 30, while it showed 7.5% superiority over Vallabh Basmati 22 in Uttar Pradesh. Generally, this variety produces 15-18 tillers/plant with
an average number of 360 panicles per sq.m. It has long panicles with an average length of 27.0 cm which are completely exserted. The grains of Pusa Basmati 1692 are awnless with non-pigmented apiculi and weigh 28.91 g per 1000 grains.
Grain processing parameters of Pusa Basmati 1692 is very good, with an average milling
per cent of 70.0% and head rice recovery (HRR) of 54.4%. This variety also possesses extralong slender grains with 8.44 mm long milled rice kernels, having a kernel breadth of 1.83 mm. Kernel length-width ratio is 4.64, while it exhibits a kernel elongation ratio of 2.01 on cooking. On an average, the cooked kernelsof this variety elongate to about 17.0 mm, havingdesirable alkali spreading ratio of 6.38, with intermediate amylose content (24.47%) and strong aroma. Placed among the top ten Basmati varieties as well as among the other cultures tested for three
consecutive years, Pusa Basmati 1692 is rated good for its cooked rice appearance, cohesiveness, tenderness, taste, aroma, elongation with the mean overall acceptability of 3.11.