The influence of water sucker ages at planting on growth and development of banana musa acuminata cv. berangan

Banana is one of the important cultivated fruit crops in Malaysia ranked next to Durian and fourth in export revenue. It is a significant crop not only as staple fruit commodity but also important fruit commodity. Banana is cultivated for economic crop in other to eradicate poverty for rural population. Banana is rich with nutritious values which are contributing to high demand from consumers. The purpose of this study was to identify the suitable age of conventional planting material by using water sucker. Since water suckers are easily available choosing suitable age for planting, can increase mass propagation and reduce age for planting. The result indicated younger age seedling water sucker which is less than 10 leaves water suckers can be used as planting material.