Accession details
Passport data and everything else
GBK-048368
Accession number
GBK-048368
Holding institute
Institute code
KEN212
Acquisition Date
February 21, 2007
Provenance of material
Availability for distribution
Not available for distribution
ITPGRFA MLS
Accession is not in the Multi-lateral system of ITPGRFA
Taxonomy provided to Genesys
Genus
Sorghum
Specific epithet
bicolor — Browse this species at KEN212
Scientific name
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
Crop
sorghum
Crop name
Sorghum
Matched GRIN taxon
Current GRIN taxon
Associated Subsets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
February 13, 2007
Location of collecting site
27km from Moyale towards Wajir on Mr. Abdi Guyo's farm
Latitude of collecting site
3.475
Longitude of collecting site
39.325
Georeferencing method
GPS
Elevation of collecting site
685
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 16 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 16.6 | 15.8 | 15.1 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 15.5 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 25.6 | 26 | 25.9 | 24.3 | 22.9 | 21.9 | 21.3 | 21.7 | 22.7 | 23.3 | 23.5 | 24.3 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 35.2 | 36.1 | 35.5 | 32 | 30.1 | 28.8 | 28.4 | 29.1 | 30.9 | 31.4 | 31.8 | 33.1 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 6 | 15 | 47 | 171 | 90 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 87 | 92 | 24 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
23.6
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
16.4
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.7
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
15.6
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
36.1
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
14.3
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
21.8
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
24.3
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
21.6
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
25.8
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
21.6
Annual precipitation [mm]
578
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
171
Precipitation of driest month [mm]
6
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
101
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
308
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
33
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
68
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
33
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 3.7 of 10.0. Read about Passport Data Completeness Index
GENUS
120
SPECIES
80
SPAUTHOR
5
SUBTAXA
0
SUBTAUTHOR
0
CROPNAME
45
ACQDATE
10
SAMPSTAT
0
DONORCODE
0
DONORNUMB
0
OTHERNUMB
0
DUPLSITE
0
STORAGE
0
DONORNAME
0
DUPLINSTNAME
0
ACCEURL
0
MLSSTAT
15
ORIGCTY
40
COLLSITE
10
LATITUDE
15
LONGITUDE
15
ELEVATION
5
COLLDATE
10
BREDCODE
0
ANCEST
0
COLLSRC
0
ACCENAME
0
COLLNUMB
0
COLLCODE
0
COLLNAME
0
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:499e6a4d-64a8-436c-bd79-45e33b90ca0d
Last updated
February 19, 2026
Created
July 13, 2018