The darling of exporters — Pusa Basmati (PB) 1121 — is in danger of going off the export menu. The grain which took five years to get official recognition as Basmati in 2008 soon became a ...

Amritsar: Lower water usage, international demand and an opportunity to grow a third crop between seasons are spurring ...

On the other side of the border, Pusa Basmati 1121, or PB 1121, a newer strain, accounted for around 70 percent of all ...

Chandigarh: Basmati could emerge as a viable alternative following the recent ban on hybrid and Pusa 44 paddy varieties, despite the potential short-term challenges for farmers and seed vendors.

He added that previous issues relating to marketing of Pusa 1509 had been resolved by the government, making it easier for farmers to switch to the long-grained basmati variety. “Pusa 1509 has ...

In its place, scientists are promoting a new variety – PUSA 1885, which, they say, has all the qualities of the former and stronger resistance to pests; basmati exporters, however, are not too ...

Pusa Basmati 1509 (Pusa-1509), another mega basmati variety by the IARI, New Delhi, was developed in 2013 with several desirable attributes (yield of 15.7 q/acre) in addition to Pusa-1121 (PAU 2023); ...

NEW DELHI -- Indian basmati rice variety Pusa 1121 is safe for human consumption and doesn't contain any heavy metals, despite reports of contamination in the Iranian press, the state-run Indian ...