How Suckers Disinfection is done through Hot water Treatment?

In the absence of Tissue Culture banana seedlings, sword suckers can be used as the propagation material. Sword suckers are shoots with narrow leaves with height of about 1 m and 15 cm diameter at the base. Sword suckers are sourced from existing banana orchards therefore it is necessary to treat the suckers with hot water to eliminate nematodes & banana weevils. This process involves the Trimming of all the roots, cutting off 1 cm of tissue around the corm until you get clean white tissue, prepare hot water, and immerse the trimmed corm in the hot water bath at 50 – 55 0C for 20 minutes.