LIST OF CONTENTS
	Acknowledgements  ................................................................................................  i
	COMMITMENT  ...................................................................................................  ii
	LIST OF contents  .................................................................................................  iii
	LIST OF TABLES  ................................................................................................  v
	LIST OF FIGURES  .............................................................................................  vi
	SUMMARY  ........................................................................................................  vii
	CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION  .........................................................................  1
	1.1. Introduction  ....................................................................................................  1
	1.1.2.Objectives ....................................................................................................  2
	1.1.3. Requirements  ..............................................................................................  2
	CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW  ..............................................................  3
	2.1. Genetic resources of rice.  ...............................................................................  3
	2.1.1. Genetic resources  ........................................................................................  3
	2.1.2. Global genetic resources of rice .................................................................  3
	2.1.3. Genetic resources of rice in Vietnam  ..........................................................  6
	2.1.4. Pigmented rice genetic resources  ................................................................  6
	2.2. Pigmented rice  ...............................................................................................  7
	2.2.1. Properties of pigmented rice  .......................................................................  7
	2.2.2. Anthocyanin  ................................................................................................  9
	2.2.3. The studies about genetic diversity of rice.  ..............................................  14
	Chapter 3. Materials and methods.  .....................................................................  16
	3.1. Materials ......................................................................................................  16
	3.2. METHODS  ..................................................................................................  19
	3.2.1. Field layout  ...............................................................................................  19
	3.2.2. DNA extraction with potasium acetate (CH3
	COOK).  ..............................  20
	3.2.3. PCR reaction:  ............................................................................................  20
	3.2.4. Electrophoresis:.........................................................................................  21
	3.2.5. Data processing.  ........................................................................................  21 
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	3.2.6. Anthocyanin content measurement  ...........................................................  22
	Chapter 4. Results and discussions  .....................................................................  24
	4.1. The result of the DNA extraction of 30 accessions.  ....................................  24
	4.3. Analysis the genetic relationships between the studied pigmented rice 
	samples.  ....................................................................................................  27
	4.3. Total anthocyanin content  ............................................................................  28
	CHAPTER 5. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS  ...................................  32
	5.1. Conclusions  ..................................................................................................  32
	5.2. Suggestions  ..................................................................................................  32
	REFERENTS  ......................................................................................................  34
	APPENDIX  .........................................................................................................  42