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Abstract

Proso seeds (Panicum miliaceum L.) is one of the main cereal crops in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The main part of the grains of millet is starch, which in consists of amylose and amylopectin. Amylose is considered one of the important indicators of the quality of proso grain. In this paper shown the data on screening for the amylose content in the grains of local and foreing collections. The results of screening for the amylose content in the 40 genotypes examined allowed us to conditionally classify varieties into four main groups: low (<15%), medium (16- 22%); high (23-29%); very high (30-35%). It was shown that 10% of all investigated
proso samples are low-amylose, 17.5% medium-amylose, 30% high-amylose and 42.5% very highly amylose.