Accession details
Passport data and everything else
GBK-000010
Accession number
GBK-000010
Holding institute
Institute code
KEN212
Acquisition Date
October 24, 1987
Provenance of material
Availability for distribution
Not available for distribution
ITPGRFA MLS
Accession is part of the Multi-lateral system of ITPGRFA
Safety duplication institute
Taxonomy provided to Genesys
Genus
Sorghum
Specific epithet
bicolor — Browse this species at KEN212
Scientific name
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench var. sativa
Crop name
Associated Datasets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
October 14, 1987
Location of collecting site
44Km North East from Meru
Latitude of collecting site
0.3
Longitude of collecting site
37.8
Georeferencing method
GPS
Elevation of collecting site
1,000
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 12.5 | 13 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 12 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 12.6 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 21.1 | 22 | 22.4 | 21.8 | 21.4 | 20.5 | 20 | 20.3 | 21.4 | 22 | 20.9 | 20.4 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 29.8 | 31.1 | 31.1 | 29.9 | 29.5 | 28.7 | 28 | 28.4 | 30.2 | 30.6 | 28.5 | 28.3 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 37 | 36 | 117 | 281 | 112 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 197 | 329 | 126 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
21.2
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
16.6
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.9
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
7.4
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
31.1
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
19.1
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
21.1
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
20.2
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
22
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
20.2
Annual precipitation [mm]
1,272
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
329
Precipitation of driest month [mm]
8
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
100
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
652
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
25
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
434
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
25
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 3.95 of 10.0. Read about Passport Data Completeness Index
GENUS
120
SPECIES
80
SPAUTHOR
5
SUBTAXA
40
SUBTAUTHOR
0
CROPNAME
0
ACQDATE
10
SAMPSTAT
0
DONORCODE
0
DONORNUMB
0
OTHERNUMB
0
DUPLSITE
30
STORAGE
0
DONORNAME
0
DUPLINSTNAME
0
ACCEURL
0
MLSSTAT
15
ORIGCTY
40
COLLSITE
10
LATITUDE
15
LONGITUDE
15
ELEVATION
5
COLLDATE
10
BREDCODE
0
ANCEST
0
COLLSRC
0
ACCENAME
0
COLLNUMB
0
COLLCODE
0
COLLNAME
0
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:0742273e-7094-44de-a5b0-b2abb40b8a78
Last updated
February 19, 2026
Created
July 13, 2018