Accession details
Passport data and everything else
IP 6240
Accession number
IP 6240
Holding institute
Institute code
IND002
Acquisition Date
February 28, 1979
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Traditional cultivar/Landrace
Ancestral information (pedigree)
ISP 1426; P 140
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
ISP 1426; P 140
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
ISP 1426; P 140 FRA126
Other identifier
P 140
Accession name
IP 6240
Collecting number
ISP 1426; P 140
Other identifier
ISP 1426
Donor accession number
ISP 1426; P 140 FRA126
Associated Datasets
Associated Subsets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
February 28, 1979
Collecting source
Institute, Experimental station, Research organization, Genebank
Collecting mission identifier
ICRISAT-MISN-N/A
Collecting number
ISP 1426; P 140
Location of collecting site
Oua Fango , Nord , Cameroon
Collecting institute code
Latitude of collecting site
8.319999
Longitude of collecting site
14.06
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 14.7 | 16.9 | 20.8 | 22.4 | 21.2 | 20.1 | 19.9 | 19.5 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 16.7 | 14.6 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 23.2 | 25.3 | 28.1 | 28.7 | 26.7 | 24.9 | 24.2 | 23.7 | 23.9 | 24.9 | 24.5 | 23.5 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 31.7 | 33.8 | 35.4 | 34.9 | 32.3 | 29.8 | 28.5 | 28.1 | 28.8 | 30.9 | 32.4 | 32.5 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | — | — | 13 | 73 | 141 | 177 | 255 | 279 | 246 | 98 | 4 | — |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
25.1
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
12.8
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.6
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
17.2
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
35.4
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
14.6
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
20.8
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
23.9
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
24
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
27.8
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
23.7
Annual precipitation [mm]
1,286
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
279
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
97
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
780
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
227
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
4
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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:dcf1b350-e3f7-4ac2-961b-8739e977688c
Last updated
December 30, 2025
Created
Date not provided