Accession details
Passport data and everything else
IP 6557
Accession number
IP 6557
Holding institute
Institute code
IND002
Acquisition Date
March 22, 1979
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Traditional cultivar/Landrace
Ancestral information (pedigree)
P 599
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 599
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 599 FRA126
Other identifier
P 599
Accession name
IP 6557
Collecting number
P 599
Donor accession number
P 599 FRA126
Associated Datasets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
January 23, 1976
Collecting source
Institute, Experimental station, Research organization, Genebank
Collecting mission identifier
ICRISAT-MISN-N/A
Collecting number
P 599
Location of collecting site
Zantiebougou; Bougouni , Sikasso , Mali
Collecting institute code
Latitude of collecting site
11.390001
Longitude of collecting site
-7.25
Elevation of collecting site
353
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 15.3 | 18.7 | 22 | 24.1 | 23.8 | 22.3 | 21.4 | 21 | 21.1 | 21 | 17.9 | 15.4 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 24.4 | 27.4 | 29.6 | 30.6 | 29.7 | 27.8 | 26 | 25.3 | 26 | 27 | 25.9 | 24.3 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 33.5 | 36.2 | 37.3 | 37.1 | 35.7 | 33.3 | 30.7 | 29.7 | 30.9 | 33.1 | 34 | 33.3 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 1 | — | 5 | 29 | 80 | 130 | 220 | 283 | 190 | 65 | 8 | 1 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
27
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
13.4
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.6
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
20
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
37.3
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
15.3
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
22
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
25.7
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
25.3
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
29.9
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
24.8
Annual precipitation [mm]
1,012
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
283
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
111
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
693
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
2
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
114
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
10
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 9.55 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
15
COLLDATE
30
BREDCODE
0
ANCEST
10
COLLSRC
50
ACCENAME
50
COLLNUMB
40
COLLCODE
30
COLLNAME
0
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:e6b13e53-2798-406e-baec-defb3dee22d9
Last updated
December 30, 2025
Created
Date not provided