Accession details
Passport data and everything else
IS 6843
Accession number
IS 6843
Holding institute
Institute code
IND002
Acquisition Date
October 11, 1978
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Breeding/Research Material
Ancestral information (pedigree)
PI 282872
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
PI 282872
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
Donor accession number
PI 282872
Accession name
IS 6843
Collecting number
PI 282872
Other identifier
PI 282872
Associated Datasets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
October 11, 1978
Collecting source
Institute, Experimental station, Research organization, Genebank
Collecting mission identifier
ICRISAT-MISN-N/A
Collecting number
PI 282872
Location of collecting site
Moundou , Logone Occidental , Chad
Collecting institute name
Mayaguez Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Mayaguez
Latitude of collecting site
8.566667
Longitude of collecting site
16.083333
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 14.9 | 18.6 | 22.8 | 24.2 | 23.4 | 21.9 | 21.2 | 20.9 | 20.8 | 21 | 17.4 | 14.6 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 24.3 | 27.9 | 30.7 | 30.8 | 29.2 | 27 | 25.6 | 25.2 | 25.6 | 26.9 | 26.1 | 24.3 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 33.7 | 37.2 | 38.7 | 37.5 | 35.1 | 32.2 | 30.1 | 29.6 | 30.5 | 32.8 | 34.8 | 34.1 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | — | — | 7 | 42 | 99 | 148 | 239 | 271 | 202 | 68 | 2 | — |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
27
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
13.7
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.6
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
21.7
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
38.7
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
14.6
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
24.1
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
25.4
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
25.5
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
30.2
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
24.9
Annual precipitation [mm]
1,078
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
271
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
108
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
712
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
148
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
2
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 8.7 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
40
COLLSITE
0
LATITUDE
0
LONGITUDE
0
ELEVATION
0
COLLDATE
0
BREDCODE
0
ANCEST
150
COLLSRC
20
ACCENAME
80
COLLNUMB
0
COLLCODE
0
COLLNAME
0
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:bc50d72a-8e91-48d0-92c5-5f83d65d2410
Last updated
December 30, 2025
Created
Date not provided