Accession details
Passport data and everything else
IP 5979
Accession number
IP 5979
Holding institute
Institute code
IND002
Acquisition Date
March 21, 1979
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Traditional cultivar/Landrace
Ancestral information (pedigree)
P 1591/Sl.488
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 institute
Donor accession number
P 1591/Sl.488
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
Donor accession number
P 1591/Sl.488 FRA126
Other identifier
P 1591/Sl.488
Accession name
IP 5979
Collecting number
P 1591/Sl.488
Donor accession number
P 1591/Sl.488 FRA126
Associated Datasets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
March 21, 1979
Collecting source
Institute, Experimental station, Research organization, Genebank
Collecting mission identifier
ICRISAT-MISN-N/A
Collecting number
P 1591/Sl.488
Location of collecting site
Patim Kouta , Velingara , Senegal
Collecting institute code
Latitude of collecting site
12.75
Longitude of collecting site
-13.770001
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 14.2 | 17 | 20.3 | 22.8 | 24.2 | 23.3 | 22.5 | 22.1 | 22 | 21.7 | 18.7 | 14.9 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 23.3 | 26.1 | 28.9 | 30.7 | 31.1 | 28.8 | 26.8 | 26.1 | 26.5 | 27.1 | 26 | 23.4 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 32.5 | 35.2 | 37.5 | 38.6 | 38 | 34.3 | 31.2 | 30.2 | 31 | 32.5 | 33.3 | 32 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | — | 1 | — | 3 | 31 | 146 | 234 | 343 | 296 | 122 | 11 | 2 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
27.1
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
13.6
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.5
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
23.6
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
38.6
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
14.2
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
24.4
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
26.4
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
26.1
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
30.2
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
24.2
Annual precipitation [mm]
1,189
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
343
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
122
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
873
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
1
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
34
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
13
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 9.4 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
40
DONORNUMB
40
OTHERNUMB
35
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
10
COLLSRC
50
ACCENAME
50
COLLNUMB
40
COLLCODE
30
COLLNAME
0
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:1a2ad0fe-b5b2-4ffa-b78f-7b28c93ed4d8
Last updated
December 30, 2025
Created
Date not provided