Assessment of genetic diversity and molecular characterization among elite rice varieties of (RM10713, RM279, RM424, RM6266, RM1155, RM289, RM20224 and RM5371) were identified that produced specific alleles only in the aromatic rice varieties and were useful for varietal identification and DNA fingerprinting of these aromatic rice varieties.The findings of this study sould be useful for varietal identification and could help in background selection in backcross breeding programs.