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Accession details

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IS 21408
DOI
10.18730/NJVXD
Accession number
IS 21408
Holding institute
International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics — India
Institute code
IND002
Acquisition Date
October 31, 1979
Provenance of material
Malawi
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
Accession URL
https://genebank.icrisat.org/IND/PassportSummary?ID=IS 21408
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
GRIN TaxonPlease contact us if the detected GRIN taxon is incorrect.
Matched GRIN taxon
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor
Current GRIN taxon
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor
Accession names
Accession name
IS 21408
Collecting number
ICRISAT-MISN-048;SAD 53
Associated Datasets
Sorghum Characterization
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Malawi
Collecting date of sample
March 18, 1979
Collecting source
Field
Collecting mission identifier
ICRISAT-MISN-048
Collecting number
ICRISAT-MISN-048;SAD 53
Location of collecting site
Gonyo , Malawi
Latitude of collecting site
-16.409999
Longitude of collecting site
34.810001
Climate at origin

Monthly temperature

Monthly precipitation

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minimum temperature [°C]23.122.822.220.517.314.814.91619222323.1
Mean temperature [°C]28.127.927.22623.721.221.423.126.228.929.428.6
Maximum temperature [°C]33.23332.331.630.127.827.930.233.435.935.834.2
Monthly precipitation [mm]17417610138161613552864174
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
26
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
12.2
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.6
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
28
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
35.9
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
14.8
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
21.1
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
28.2
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
23.5
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
28.9
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
21.9
Annual precipitation [mm]
810
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
176
Precipitation of driest month [mm]
5
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
99
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
524
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
23
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
266
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
34

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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 8.3 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
0
COLLDATE
30
BREDCODE
0
ANCEST
0
COLLSRC
50
ACCENAME
50
COLLNUMB
40
COLLCODE
0
COLLNAME
0
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:077bd338-fab3-401f-9693-7a62e5d1c9e8
Permanent URL
https://purl.org/germplasm/id/077bd338-fab3-401f-9693-7a62e5d1c9e8
Last updated
December 30, 2025
Created
Date not provided