By means of electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel, high seed storage p
rotein polymorphism in natural populations of Agropiron cristatum of A
ltai krai was detected. The observed polymorphism was limited by the s
ame variants of storage protein in all studied populations of Agropiro
n cristatum, except for population Cherga, which had far fewer variant
s. Variations among other populations are determined by frequency char
acteristics of the electrophoretic components. Possible methods of mai
ntaining high polymorphism of seed storage protein in tested populatio
ns of Agropiron cristatum L. are discussed.