“…The SSR markers are particularly suitable for evaluating genetic diversity and relationships among plant species, populations, or individuals (Tu et al, 2007), germplasm conservation or utilization (Sharma et al, 2007); markerassisted selection (Rani and Adilakshmi, 2011); cultivar identification; hybrid purity analysis, gene mapping studies (Sarao et al, 2010), and parents selection in breeding programs (Xu et al, 2002). In rice, SSR markers have been widely used in assessing genetic diversity Courtois et al, 2012;Zhang et al, 2012).…”