Accession details
Passport data and everything else
IS 8555
Accession number
IS 8555
Holding institute
Institute code
IND002
Acquisition Date
May 10, 1974
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Breeding/Research Material
Ancestral information (pedigree)
E 8
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
E 8
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 8555
Collecting number
E 8
Other identifier
E 8
Donor accession number
E 8
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
E 8
Location of collecting site
Soroti , Soroti , Uganda
Collecting institute name
Rockefeller Foundation, New Delhi
Latitude of collecting site
1.71464
Longitude of collecting site
33.61113
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 17.9 | 18.6 | 18.9 | 18.5 | 18 | 17.7 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 17.6 | 17.8 | 17.7 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 25.5 | 25.9 | 25.6 | 24.3 | 23.4 | 23.1 | 22.5 | 22.6 | 23.3 | 24 | 24.5 | 24.7 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 33 | 33.2 | 32.3 | 30.1 | 28.9 | 28.5 | 27.7 | 28.1 | 29.4 | 30.5 | 31.2 | 31.7 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 28 | 55 | 88 | 190 | 199 | 125 | 122 | 158 | 146 | 146 | 74 | 33 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
24.1
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
12.5
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.8
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
11.2
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
33.2
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
17.1
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
16.1
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
23.6
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
25.3
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
25.6
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
22.7
Annual precipitation [mm]
1,364
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
199
Precipitation of driest month [mm]
28
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
49
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
514
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
116
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
171
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
405
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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:e204836b-7210-4490-9dd8-9b3e90b815cb
Last updated
December 30, 2025
Created
Date not provided