The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid DRPB1709 and pepper inbred line SBR-XZ15-0095GMS. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid DRPB1709 and pepper inbred line SBR-XZ15-0095GMS and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid DRPB1709 and pepper inbred line SBR-XZ15-0095GMS comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.