Table of Contents: Dr. Vladimir Pavlovich Yuryev - Obituary Preface: PART A: NEW AND IMPROVED STARCH TYPES IN CROPS Chapter 1. The Genetic Control of Starch Biosynthesis in Common Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and the Approaches to Produce Wheat Varieties With Altered Amylose Content (F.A. Konovalov, N.K.Yankovsky and A.M. Kudryavtsev); pp. 1-8 Chapter 2. Starch Content and its Fractional Composition in Developing Seeds of Maize Endospermic Mutants (D.S.Tymchouk, V.V. Zhmurko, S.M.Tymchouk, V.V.Kyrychenko, I.A.Nikolenko,S. Yu. Didenko, T.D. Movchan, A.A. Kushenko); pp. 9-24 Chapter 3. Starch Composition in Selected Genetic Resources of European Winter Wheat Lines (L. Papoušková, V.Dvoøáèek, J. Bradová, J. Hermuth); pp. 25-32 Chapter 4. Physicochemical Characteristics of High-Amylose Wheat Starches from Different Cultivars (Pham Van Hung, T. Maeda, Di Miskelly and N. Morita); pp. 33-40 PART B: STARCH MOLECULAR STRUCTURES Chapter 5. Nano-Crystal Platelets of A- and B-type Starches - A Preliminary Study (