METHODS OF WEED MILLET (PANICUM MILIACEUM SUBSP. RUDERALE) IDENTIFICATION AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS
The article is concerned with the analysis of morphological characteristics of weed millet, having been previously suggested. It is pointed out that it is rather difficult, and sometimes even impossible, to use the known features of weed millet for the production and purchasing of highly-reproductive seeds and grits of true millet. The results of long-term versatile testing of the two new methods of weed and true millet species identification by their nuclei color and UV-light are submitted. Besides, the local forms and specimen of the world collection of the All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Growing have been used. It is ascertained that both methods contribute to significant enhancement of the identification accuracy and labor productivity as well as they involve all the known forms of weed millet. Using these methods makes it possible to identify the seeds having been stored for more than 20 years.