India is considered as one of the centers of origin of rice (O. sativa L. ssp. indica) and has also remained as a center of its diversity. Our earlier studies on aromatic rice cultivars from Maharashtra reveled that these cultivars
possess superior agronomic traits and have market potential owing to aroma contents.These cultivars also exhibited high genetic diversity.As these cultivars have potential to effectively contribute towards the gene pool, a set of 39 aromatic rice cultivars was characterized for minerals and BC contents.