Notification and germplasm registration

Abstract

Rice
Variety Pusa 1824
Pusa 1824 (IET 28442) is a high yielding mid-early duration rice variety with seed-to-seed maturity of 120-125 days and an average yield of 95.09 q/ha across two years of testing in the state of Delhi and National Capital Territory (NCT) area. The variety recorded 31.5% yield superiority over Pusa 44, most popular non-Basmati variety grown in this region and 23.9% yield superiority over IR64 in the Delhi state trial over two consecutive years of testing. It was developed from the cross, Pusa 44/PAU 201 through pedigree breeding at the Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Pusa 1824 was identified for release in the NCT of Delhi by the State Seed Sub-Committee for Agricultural and Horticultural Crop, Govt. of Delhi on 28th December 2023, and subsequently released by the Central Sub Committee on Crop Standards, Notification and Release of Varieties for Agricultural Crops, Govt. of India and notified vide Gazette notification number S.O. 4388 (E) dated 8th October 2024 for commercial cultivation.