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Accession details

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TVu-8553
DOI
10.18730/V9QR
Accession number
TVu-8553
Holding institute
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture — Nigeria
Institute code
NGA039
Acquisition Date
July 1, 1978
Provenance of material
Nigeria
Biological status of accession
Traditional cultivar/Landrace
Type of germplasm storage
Seed collection
Medium term seed collection
Long term seed collection
Curation type
Fully curated
Availability for distribution
Available for distribution
ITPGRFA MLS
Accession is part of the Multi-lateral system of ITPGRFA
Safety duplication institute
Accession URL
https://www.genesys-pgr.org/10.18730/V9QR
Taxonomy provided to Genesys
Genus
Vigna
Specific epithet
unguiculata — Browse this species at NGA039
Scientific name
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.
Crop
cowpea
Crop name
Cowpea
GRIN TaxonPlease contact us if the detected GRIN taxon is incorrect.
Matched GRIN taxon
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.
Current GRIN taxon
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.
Accession names
Accession name
TVu-8553
Associated Datasets
Cowpea characterization and evaluation data
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Nigeria
Collecting date of sample
July 1, 1978
Collecting source
Field or cultivated habitat
Location of collecting site
Baba Tapa, Moro, Nigeria
Collecting institute name
T. BADRA
Latitude of collecting site
8.6667
Longitude of collecting site
4.4167
Elevation of collecting site
347
Climate at origin

Monthly temperature

Monthly precipitation

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minimum temperature [°C]18.920.122.422.62221.220.820.720.720.719.917.9
Mean temperature [°C]26.427.728.928.427.325.724.724.324.925.826.525.8
Maximum temperature [°C]33.835.335.434.332.630.328.62829.230.933.233.7
Monthly precipitation [mm]91250102154181153136233142209
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
26.4
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
11.5
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.6
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
14
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
35.4
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
17.9
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
17.5
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
24.6
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
26.6
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
28.3
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
24.6
Annual precipitation [mm]
1,201
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
233
Precipitation of driest month [mm]
9
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
74
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
522
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
30
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
164
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
522

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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 7.75 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
0
COLLCODE
0
COLLNAME
15
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:784367c9-4627-47a5-abb4-68f4c2d0483a
Permanent URL
https://purl.org/germplasm/id/784367c9-4627-47a5-abb4-68f4c2d0483a
Last updated
July 21, 2026
Created
Date not provided