Accession details
Passport data and everything else
IS 4720
Accession number
IS 4720
Holding institute
Institute code
IND002
Acquisition Date
May 10, 1974
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Traditional cultivar/Landrace
Ancestral information (pedigree)
NSL 87273
Type of germplasm storage
Medium term seed collection
Long term seed collection
Availability for distribution
Available for distribution
ITPGRFA MLS
Accession is part of the Multi-lateral system of ITPGRFA
Donor accession number
NSL 87273
Taxonomy provided to Genesys
Genus
Sorghum
Specific epithet
bicolor — Browse this species at IND002
Scientific name
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor (L.) Moench
Crop
sorghum
Crop name
Sorghum
Matched GRIN taxon
Current GRIN taxon
Accession names
Accession name
IS 4720
Collecting number
NSL 87273
Other identifier
NSL 87273
Donor accession number
NSL 87273
Associated Datasets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
May 10, 1974
Collecting source
Institute, Experimental station, Research organization, Genebank
Collecting mission identifier
ICRISAT-MISN-N/A
Collecting number
NSL 87273
Location of collecting site
Karnala , Punjab , India
Collecting institute name
Rockefeller Foundation, New Delhi
Latitude of collecting site
18.52
Longitude of collecting site
73.059997
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 17.4 | 18 | 20.7 | 23.4 | 25.2 | 24.7 | 23.9 | 23.5 | 23.1 | 22.6 | 20.3 | 18.2 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 22.7 | 23.4 | 25.6 | 27.5 | 28.7 | 27.4 | 25.9 | 25.5 | 25.7 | 26.5 | 25.4 | 23.7 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 28.1 | 28.7 | 30.5 | 31.6 | 32.1 | 30.1 | 28 | 27.6 | 28.3 | 30.5 | 30.6 | 29.3 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | — | — | — | 3 | 22 | 714 | 1,535 | 1,038 | 460 | 108 | 14 | 2 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
25.7
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
7.9
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.5
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
16.9
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
32.1
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
17.4
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
14.7
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
26.2
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
23.9
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
27.8
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
23.2
Annual precipitation [mm]
3,896
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
1,535
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
151
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
3,287
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
739
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
2
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 9.5 of 10.0. Read about Passport Data Completeness Index
GENUS
120
SPECIES
80
SPAUTHOR
5
SUBTAXA
40
SUBTAUTHOR
5
CROPNAME
45
ACQDATE
10
SAMPSTAT
80
DONORCODE
0
DONORNUMB
40
OTHERNUMB
35
DUPLSITE
30
STORAGE
15
DONORNAME
20
DUPLINSTNAME
0
ACCEURL
40
MLSSTAT
15
ORIGCTY
80
COLLSITE
15
LATITUDE
40
LONGITUDE
40
ELEVATION
0
COLLDATE
30
BREDCODE
0
ANCEST
10
COLLSRC
50
ACCENAME
50
COLLNUMB
40
COLLCODE
0
COLLNAME
15
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:8771db4b-05e3-4d33-ab18-9fb78dad8685
Last updated
December 30, 2025
Created
Date not provided