Accession details
Passport data and everything else
IP 18855
Accession number
IP 18855
Holding institute
Institute code
IND002
Acquisition Date
March 1, 1992
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Traditional cultivar/Landrace
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
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 18855
Collecting number
ICRISAT-MISN-187;AHM 539
Associated Datasets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
May 6, 1991
Collecting source
Field
Collecting mission identifier
ICRISAT-MISN-187
Collecting number
ICRISAT-MISN-187;AHM 539
Location of collecting site
Ngone , Kavango , Namibia
Latitude of collecting site
-17.920001
Longitude of collecting site
19.930001
Elevation of collecting site
1,050
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 18.9 | 18.4 | 17.7 | 15.1 | 10.3 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 8.7 | 13.5 | 17.8 | 18.4 | 18.5 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 24.9 | 24.2 | 24 | 22.5 | 19.3 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 19 | 23.3 | 26.2 | 25.5 | 25.2 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 30.9 | 30.1 | 30.3 | 29.9 | 28.3 | 26 | 26.3 | 29.4 | 33.2 | 34.6 | 32.7 | 31.9 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 146 | 135 | 91 | 32 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 20 | 54 | 84 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
22.2
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
16.2
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.6
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
34.7
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
34.6
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
5.9
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
28.7
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
24.3
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
17
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
25.6
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
17
Annual precipitation [mm]
568
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
146
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
108
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
372
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
158
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 8 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
0
OTHERNUMB
0
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
0
COLLSRC
50
ACCENAME
50
COLLNUMB
40
COLLCODE
0
COLLNAME
0
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:c20e0f9c-9382-42d9-b743-0ae30597fd61
Last updated
December 30, 2025
Created
Date not provided