Accession details
Passport data and everything else
IS 21557
Accession number
IS 21557
Holding institute
Institute code
IND002
Acquisition Date
October 31, 1979
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
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 21557
Collecting number
ICRISAT-MISN-048;SAD 794
Associated Datasets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
April 10, 1979
Collecting source
Field
Collecting mission identifier
ICRISAT-MISN-048
Collecting number
ICRISAT-MISN-048;SAD 794
Location of collecting site
Chuya , Malawi
Latitude of collecting site
-13.659999
Longitude of collecting site
35.529998
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 17.9 | 18 | 17.6 | 17.5 | 15.3 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 16.2 | 18.5 | 19.1 | 18.7 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 22.4 | 22.6 | 22.3 | 22.3 | 20.5 | 18.7 | 18.3 | 19.6 | 21.9 | 24.3 | 24.4 | 23.4 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 27 | 27.2 | 27.1 | 27.2 | 25.7 | 24.2 | 23.7 | 25.2 | 27.6 | 30.2 | 29.7 | 28.1 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 277 | 222 | 228 | 94 | 10 | 3 | 1 | — | 6 | 10 | 67 | 236 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
21.7
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
10.3
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.6
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
19.4
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
30.2
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
12.9
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
17.3
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
22.8
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
18.8
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
24
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
18.8
Annual precipitation [mm]
1,154
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
277
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
110
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
735
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
4
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
313
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
4
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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:247eded8-50e0-480d-843b-69ff2fa54b2f
Last updated
December 30, 2025
Created
Date not provided