Two months old sword suckers of banana variety Malbhog were
collected from farmer’s field of Assam, India. Sucker were washed
thoroughly under running tap water for half an hour and stress was
induced by keeping the cleaned suckers in shade and fresh weight
were recorded at 0, 7, 14, 21, 28 days interval to ascertain loss of
moisture. Loss of moisture was calculated as follows:
Moisture loss (%): a-b/a x 100
where, a = initial fresh weight of suckers; b = fresh weight of
suckers after stress for d.