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Pusa Basmat 1509 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. 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. Pusa Basmati 1692 is rated good for its cooked rice appearance, cohesiveness, tenderness, taste, aroma, elongation with the mean overall acceptability of 3.11.