Accession details
Passport data and everything else
GBK-000098
Accession number
GBK-000098
Holding institute
Institute code
KEN212
Acquisition Date
May 29, 1996
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 19, 1987
Location of collecting site
45Km SE from Busia
Latitude of collecting site
0.2025
Longitude of collecting site
34.21389
Georeferencing method
GPS
Elevation of collecting site
1,075
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 15.5 | 16 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 16.2 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 15.6 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 22.8 | 23.1 | 23.1 | 22.6 | 22 | 21.5 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 21.7 | 22.3 | 22.3 | 22.3 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 30.1 | 30.2 | 29.8 | 28.6 | 27.9 | 27.7 | 27.5 | 27.6 | 28.3 | 28.9 | 28.7 | 29.1 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 51 | 84 | 141 | 245 | 209 | 97 | 81 | 123 | 126 | 132 | 149 | 99 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
22.2
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
13
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.9
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
6.2
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
30.2
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
15.1
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
15.1
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
22.5
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
22.7
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
23
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
21.3
Annual precipitation [mm]
1,537
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
245
Precipitation of driest month [mm]
51
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
41
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
595
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
234
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
276
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
301
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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:e89a0267-c9b9-4761-8e3c-324823fbfa8f
Last updated
February 19, 2026
Created
July 13, 2018