STUDY OF COMMON MILLET COLLECTION ACCESSIONS OF BELARUSIAN ORIGIN
The paper presents the results of the study of common millet accessions of the Belarusian origin from the All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR) collection for further use in breeding under the conditions of the Republic of Belarus. As a result of the conducted research the following sources of economically valuable traits are identified: early ripeness - 4 pcs., short stalks and resistance to lodging - 1 pce, productive tilling capacity - 13 pcs., high grain yield - 16pcs., green mass and dry matter - 11 pcs., grain, green mass and dry matter - 9 pcs.