Accession details
Passport data and everything else
IP 261
Accession number
IP 261
Holding institute
Institute code
IND002
Acquisition Date
April 1, 1978
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Traditional cultivar/Landrace
Ancestral information (pedigree)
8/59 Biedproof
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
8/59 Biedproof
Taxonomy provided to Genesys
Genus
Pennisetum
Specific epithet
glaucum — Browse this species at IND002
Scientific name
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.
Crop
pearlmillet
Crop name
Pearl millet
Matched GRIN taxon
Current GRIN taxon
Accession names
Accession name
IP 261
Collecting number
8/59 Biedproof
Other identifier
8/59 Biedproof
Donor accession number
8/59 Biedproof
Associated Datasets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
April 1, 1978
Collecting source
Institute, Experimental station, Research organization, Genebank
Collecting mission identifier
ICRISAT-MISN-N/A
Collecting number
8/59 Biedproof
Location of collecting site
Gwembe , Southern , Zambia
Collecting institute name
Rockefeller Foundation, New Delhi
Latitude of collecting site
-16.5
Longitude of collecting site
27.620001
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 17.2 | 17 | 15.7 | 13.5 | 9.4 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 12.6 | 16 | 17.4 | 17.4 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 22.2 | 22 | 21.6 | 20.4 | 17.6 | 15.2 | 15 | 17.4 | 21.4 | 23.9 | 23.8 | 22.7 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 27.3 | 27.1 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 25.8 | 23.8 | 23.9 | 26.4 | 30.2 | 31.9 | 30.2 | 28 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 211 | 181 | 87 | 24 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 20 | 90 | 219 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
20.3
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
14.4
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.6
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
30.3
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
31.9
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
6.2
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
25.7
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
22.3
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
15.8
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
23.4
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
15.8
Annual precipitation [mm]
838
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
219
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
119
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
611
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
1
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
329
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
1
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 9.05 of 10.0. Read about Passport Data Completeness Index
GENUS
120
SPECIES
80
SPAUTHOR
5
SUBTAXA
0
SUBTAUTHOR
0
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
80
COLLSITE
15
LATITUDE
40
LONGITUDE
40
ELEVATION
0
COLLDATE
30
BREDCODE
0
ANCEST
10
COLLSRC
50
ACCENAME
50
COLLNUMB
40
COLLCODE
0
COLLNAME
15
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:78e0b3c2-b451-4082-b210-3a87a2abc426
Last updated
December 30, 2025
Created
Date not provided