Accession details
Passport data and everything else
IS 17955
Accession number
IS 17955
Holding institute
Institute code
IND002
Acquisition Date
October 28, 1978
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Traditional cultivar/Landrace
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
Safety duplication institute
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 17955
Collecting number
ICRISAT-MISN-027;SAR 540
Associated Datasets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
November 6, 1977
Collecting source
Field
Collecting mission identifier
ICRISAT-MISN-027
Collecting number
ICRISAT-MISN-027;SAR 540
Location of collecting site
Malegaon; Akola district , Maharashtra , India
Latitude of collecting site
20.549999
Longitude of collecting site
74.529998
Elevation of collecting site
346
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 11.7 | 12.9 | 17.2 | 21.9 | 24.4 | 24.3 | 23.1 | 22.3 | 21.4 | 19 | 14.5 | 11.8 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 20.8 | 22.7 | 26.7 | 30.5 | 32.4 | 30.1 | 27 | 26.4 | 26.1 | 25.8 | 22.8 | 20.8 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 30.1 | 32.5 | 36.3 | 39.2 | 40.4 | 36 | 30.9 | 30.5 | 30.9 | 32.7 | 31.1 | 29.9 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 12 | 94 | 124 | 107 | 113 | 46 | 21 | 7 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
26
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
14.7
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.5
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
35.9
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
40.4
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
11.7
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
28.7
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
26.5
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
23.4
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
31
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
21.4
Annual precipitation [mm]
532
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
124
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
107
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
344
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
4
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
110
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
10
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 8.45 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
0
OTHERNUMB
0
DUPLSITE
30
STORAGE
15
DONORNAME
0
DUPLINSTNAME
0
ACCEURL
40
MLSSTAT
15
ORIGCTY
80
COLLSITE
15
LATITUDE
40
LONGITUDE
40
ELEVATION
15
COLLDATE
30
BREDCODE
0
ANCEST
0
COLLSRC
50
ACCENAME
50
COLLNUMB
40
COLLCODE
0
COLLNAME
0
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:5f1c3fb3-fda4-4dad-86e4-fd20b1a7133f
Last updated
December 30, 2025
Created
Date not provided