Details for: PI 521357, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench nothosubsp. drummondii (Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse, Witiki

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench nothosubsp. drummondii (Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse

Top Name:

Witiki

Origin:

Collected – Kenya

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

1978

PI Assigned:

1988

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

197
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		PI 521357 01 SD

Restrictions
Interstate Shipment Prohibited by Federal Seed Act
https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/StateNoxiousWeedsSeedList.pdf

USA – Delaware (perennial sweet sudangrass)

Interstate Shipment Restricted by Federal Seed Act
https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/StateNoxiousWeedsSeedList.pdf

USA – California (perennial sweet sudangrass), New Jersey (perennial sweet sudangrass)

CCR 4500 Noxious Weed
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/docs/2024/4500_Final_Approval_202402.pdf

USA – California (perennial sweet sudangrass)

Prohibited Noxious Weed
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/indiana-_npb_regulations_june_2024.pdf

USA – Indiana (only shattercane)

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench nothosubsp. drummondii (Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse

Top Name:

Witiki

Origin:

Collected – Kenya

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

1978

PI Assigned:

1988

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

1978.
Kenya
Locality: Kyanguli village, Machakos, Eastern village

Donated

1978.

Comment: Received through IBPGR, Rome, Italy
Donor(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

Witiki

Type: Local name

362

Type: Donor identifier

Group: IBPGR

International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

FAO49270

Type: Other or unclassified name

NSL 184312

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench nothosubspp. drummondii (Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse

Genus:

Sorghum

Section:

Sorghum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Sorghinae

Nomen number:

410498

Place of publication:

Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45:1258. 1993 (J. M. J. de Wet, Amer. J. Bot. 65:481. 1978, nom. inval.)

Comment:

de Wet failed to provide a full reference to the basionym, citing only Sorghum drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase

Verified:

03/05/2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (4028 active accession[s])
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor (45835 active accession[s])
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. verticilliflorum (Steud.) de Wet ex Wiersema & J. Dahlb. (61 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Andropogon drummondii Steud.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. var. drummondii (Steud.) Hack.
Sorghum ×drummondii (Steud.) Nees ex Millsp. & Chase
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench var. drummondii (Steud.) Mohlenbr.
Sorghum vulgare Pers. var. drummondii (Steud.) Hitchc.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. subsp. hewisonii Piper
Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. subsp. sudanensis Piper
Holcus sorghum L. var. hewisonii (Piper) Hitchc.
Holcus sorghum L. var. sudanensis (Piper) Hitchc.
Sorghum hewisonii (Piper) Longley
Sorghum niloticum (Stapf ex Piper) Snowden
Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf
Sorghum vulgare Pers. var. sudanense (Piper) Hitchc.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	chicken-corn		1	de Wet, J. M. J. 1978. Systematics and evolution of Sorghum sect. Sorghum (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 65:481. Note: cites Sorghum hewisonii (Piper) Longley
English	shattercane		1	Harlan, J. R. & J. M. J. de Wet. 1976. A simplified classification of cultivated Sorghum. Crop Sci. (Madison) 12:176.
English	sordan	via email on 15 Nov 2000	1	Krizek, D. 2008. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
English	sorghum-sudangrass	as Sorghum ×drummondii	1	1998. Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch. Note: as Sorghum ×drummondii
English	Sudan grass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	sorgho du Soudan	as Sorghum ×drummondii	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Sorghum ×drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase
French	sorgho menu	as Sorghum ×drummondii	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Sorghum ×drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase
German	Sudangras	as Sorghum ×drummondii	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Sorghum ×drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase
Italian	sorgo gentile		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanish	pasto Sudán	as Sorghum ×drummondii	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Sorghum ×drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 05 Mar 2008, from Sorghum ×drummondii (Steud.) Nees ex Millsp. & Chase to Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench nothosubsp. drummondii (Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory
COMMENT	Desirability Rating	Overall plant desirability (1.0 = Excellent, 5.0 = Poor)	4	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
DISEASE	Anthracnose	Incidence of Anthracnose (Colletotrichum graminicola)	1.0 - Resistant	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
DISEASE	Rust	Incidence of rust (Puccinia purpurea)	4.0 - (1.0 = Resistant, 5.0 = Susceptible)	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
GROWTH	Plant Height	Plant height in centimeters to top of head, measured at 50% flowering	312	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
GROWTH	Height Uniformity	Height uniformity of plant	3.0 - (1.0 = Very uniform, 5.0 = Not uniform)	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stalk Juiciness	Juicy/Dry Midrib	3 - Dry	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Kernel Color	Phenotypic seed color (does not involve glumes)	4 - Brown	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Mid-Rib Color	Leaf midrib color	1 - Colorless	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Awns	Type of awns at maturity	4 - None	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Seed Type	Form of the seed	1 - Single	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Basil Tiller	Number of basal tillers per plant	1	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Branch Angle	Panicle branch angle	1 - Erect	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Endosperm Color	Color of the endosperm	1 - White	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Endosperm Texture	Texture of the endosperm	3 - Partly corneous	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Endosperm Type	Type of endosperm	1 - Non-waxy	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Glume Color	Color of the glume	4 - Black	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Glume Pubescence	Glume pubescence	3 - No	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Amount of Kernel Covered	Amount of kernel covered by the glumes	4 - 75% kernel covered	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Kernel Plumpness	Plumpness of the kernel	1 - Plump	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Kernel Shape	Shape of the kernel	2 - Oval	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Mesocarp	Mesocarp	1 - Thick	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Nodal Tiller	Nodal tillering	1 - Yes	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Panicle Length	Length of panicle in centimeters	19	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Pericarp Color	Color of the pericarp	2 - Red	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Shattering	Seed shattering	3 - Complete	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Spreader	Spreader	1 - Yes	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Sprouting Tendency	Seed sprouting tendency	2 - No	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stalk Waxiness	Waxiness of the stem	1 - Bloom	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Testa	Testa	1 - Yes	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Transverse Wrinkle	Transverse wrinkle	2 - No	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Inflorescence Exsertion	Inflorescence exsertion measured in centimeters	7	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Panicle Compactness	Compactness of the panicle	2 - Semi-compact	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Panicle Erectness	Panicle erectness	1 - Erect	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Plant Color	Plant color at harvest	1 - Purple	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Panicle Shape	Shape of the panicle	3 - Elliptical	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
PHENOLOGY	Short Day Anthesis	Short day anthesis	101	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
PRODUCTION	Yield Potential	Yield potential (1 = High, 5 = Low)	4	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
PRODUCTION	SEED WEIGHT	Weight of 100 seeds recorded in grams	1.54	SORGHUM.WEIGHTS	PI 521357 01 SD
QUALITY	Grain Weathering	Grain weathering	3 - Average	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
TAXONOMIC	Working Group	The working group (Murty & Govil) of sorghum for the accession	53 - Grass grain	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD
TAXONOMIC	Race	Race (Harlan & de Wet, 1972)	17 - Unknown	SORGHUM.STC1994	PI 521357 01 SD