Accession details
Passport data and everything else
IS 7948
Accession number
IS 7948
Holding institute
Institute code
IND002
Acquisition Date
May 10, 1974
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Traditional cultivar/Landrace
Ancestral information (pedigree)
SO 48
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
SO 48
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 7948
Collecting number
SO 48
Other identifier
SO 48
Donor accession number
SO 48
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
SO 48
Location of collecting site
Shanga , Kebbi , Nigeria
Collecting institute name
Rockefeller Foundation, New Delhi
Latitude of collecting site
11.195833
Longitude of collecting site
4.567501
Elevation of collecting site
170
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 15.6 | 19.1 | 23.2 | 25.8 | 25.2 | 23.2 | 22.3 | 22 | 21.6 | 21.5 | 17.3 | 14.9 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 25 | 27.9 | 30.8 | 31.9 | 30.3 | 28 | 26.4 | 25.7 | 26 | 27.3 | 26.2 | 24.6 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 34.5 | 36.8 | 38.5 | 38 | 35.4 | 32.8 | 30.6 | 29.5 | 30.5 | 33.1 | 35.1 | 34.4 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | — | 1 | 6 | 30 | 88 | 139 | 191 | 249 | 198 | 48 | 2 | — |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
27.5
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
13.1
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.5
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
22.6
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
38.5
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
14.9
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
23.6
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
26
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
25.8
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
31
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
25.2
Annual precipitation [mm]
952
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
249
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
110
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
638
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
1
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
124
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
2
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 9.65 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
15
COLLDATE
30
BREDCODE
0
ANCEST
10
COLLSRC
50
ACCENAME
50
COLLNUMB
40
COLLCODE
0
COLLNAME
15
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:b283efba-a75a-4833-ad3e-2ca6463f06b4
Last updated
December 30, 2025
Created
Date not provided