Accession details
Passport data and everything else
IS 27908
Accession number
IS 27908
Holding institute
Institute code
IND002
Acquisition Date
September 24, 1984
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Traditional cultivar/Landrace
Ancestral information (pedigree)
PI 586505
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
PI 586505
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 27908
Collecting number
ICRISAT-MISN-091;JM 4672
Other identifier
PI 586505
Donor accession number
PI 586505
Associated Datasets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
April 28, 1982
Collecting source
Field
Collecting mission identifier
ICRISAT-MISN-091
Collecting number
ICRISAT-MISN-091;JM 4672
Location of collecting site
Magnet Heights Schoonoord; Sekhukhunie , Lebowa , South Africa
Latitude of collecting site
-26
Longitude of collecting site
29.760002
Elevation of collecting site
1,350
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 13.1 | 12.8 | 11.2 | 7.8 | 3.4 | -0.1 | — | 2.3 | 6.2 | 9.6 | 11.3 | 12.5 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 19.2 | 19 | 17.8 | 14.8 | 11.4 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 11.1 | 14.6 | 16.9 | 17.7 | 18.8 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 25.5 | 25.1 | 24.4 | 21.8 | 19.4 | 16.8 | 17.3 | 20 | 23 | 24.3 | 24.1 | 25.1 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 118 | 87 | 78 | 47 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 83 | 123 | 129 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
14.9
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
14.7
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.6
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
38.8
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
25.5
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
-0.1
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
25.6
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
18.5
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
9.3
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
19
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
9.3
Annual precipitation [mm]
731
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
129
Precipitation of driest month [mm]
5
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
75
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
370
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
21
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
334
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
21
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 9.1 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
20
OTHERNUMB
35
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
10
COLLSRC
50
ACCENAME
50
COLLNUMB
40
COLLCODE
0
COLLNAME
0
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:9763cc31-14dd-4fc0-a74a-67203fdfdfd9
Last updated
June 25, 2026
Created
Date not provided