Figure 1

Phenotypic and physiological responses of banana and plantain under cold stress. Six-leaf stage seedlings of banana and plantain were treated at 10°C for 0, 3 and 6 h (A); and comparison of phenotypic difference of the three leaves from the top of banana and plantain following 48 h of cold treatment (B); the relative electrolyte leakage was determined for the banana and plantain treated at 10°C for 0, 3, 6, 24 and 48 h. The different letters (lowercase letters-banana, capital letters-plantain) labeled above columns indicate a significant difference at p ≤ 0.05 between the columns by Duncan’s test using SPSS statistical software (version 16.0, SPSS Inc. Chicago, IL). The columns with the same letters mean no significant difference (p > 0.05) between each other (C).