Abstract Aroma and cooked kernel elongation
(CKE) are the two most important quality traits,
which differentiate the highly valued Basmati rice
from other rice types. Previous studies on genetic
analysis have shown that genes/QTLs for these
two traits are linked and present on chromosome
number 8. We have evaluated the genetic diversity
in 33 rice genotypes representative of the
traditional Basmati (TB), cross-bred Basmati
derived from indica • Basmati rice crosses and
non-Basmati (indica and japonica) rice varieties
for chromosome number 8 using 26 SSR markers
including a specific marker (SCU-SSR1) for
RG28 locus; the results have been compared with
whole genome based SSR allelic data. The 26
SSR markers (24 polymorphic and 2 monomorphic)
amplified a total of 106 alleles; 21 of these
alleles were detected to be unique, present in only