HomepageHomepage
Accession data
Passport data
Subsets and core collections
Characterization and Evaluation datasets
Crop descriptor lists
Directory
Highlighted crops
Provenance of PGRFA
Data providers to Genesys
PGRFA networks in Genesys
Bibliography
Resources
About Genesys
Recent activity
Join Genesys
Citation and attribution
Contact us
Accession documentation
Genesys API
BrAPI
My List
Login

Accession details

Passport data and everything else

IP 18994
DOI
10.18730/RCDTU
Accession number
IP 18994
Holding institute
International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics — India
Institute code
IND002
Acquisition Date
March 1, 1992
Provenance of material
Namibia
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
Safety duplication institute
Accession URL
https://genebank.icrisat.org/IND/PassportSummary?ID=IP%2018994
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
GRIN TaxonPlease contact us if the detected GRIN taxon is incorrect.
Matched GRIN taxon
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.
Current GRIN taxon
Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Accession names
Accession name
IP 18994
Collecting number
ICRISAT-MISN-187;AHM 698
Associated Datasets
Pearl millet Characterization
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Namibia
Collecting date of sample
May 16, 1991
Collecting source
Farm store
Collecting mission identifier
ICRISAT-MISN-187
Collecting number
ICRISAT-MISN-187;AHM 698
Location of collecting site
Ruacana , Owambo , Namibia
Latitude of collecting site
-17.430001
Longitude of collecting site
14.350001
Elevation of collecting site
730
Climate at origin

Monthly temperature

Monthly precipitation

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minimum temperature [°C]18.51818.417.112.29.48.710.41417.317.717.8
Mean temperature [°C]24.223.923.4232017.517.319.222.724.924.924.9
Maximum temperature [°C]29.929.828.428.927.925.725.928.231.432.53232
Monthly precipitation [mm]100108636————1122756
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
22.2
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
14.4
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.6
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
27.5
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
32.5
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
8.7
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
23.8
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
23.8
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
18.2
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
24.9
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
18
Annual precipitation [mm]
373
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
108
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
121
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
271
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
95

Accessions with similar climatic properties

Georeferenced accesions in Genesys are linked to their climate data based on worldclim.org datasets. Genesys will try to find similar georeferenced accessions that match the basic climatic parameters: annual mean temperature, seasonality and rainfall.

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:91602351-a445-47ac-aab1-80d7c25418d4
Permanent URL
https://purl.org/germplasm/id/91602351-a445-47ac-aab1-80d7c25418d4
Last updated
December 30, 2025
Created
Date not provided