Imported Allium hookeri is sometimes infected by some quarantine nematodes like Meloidogyne spp., Pratylenchus spp. Hot water treatment(HWT) is reported as the most effective treatment method for disinfection of nematodes. The primary goal of this research was to determine the temperature tolerance of Allium hookeri and lethal temperature of Meloidogyne spp., preferably in the range of 5~30minutes at 48~53℃. Second stage juveniles of Meloidogyne spp. were successfully eliminated in hot water bath treated at 48℃ within 1 minute. Egg hatching was suppressed completely at 48℃ more than 26 minutes. No evidence of growth damage was observed on plants treated with HWT even at 48℃ for 30 minutes and 49℃ for 10 minutes. Therefore, the optimum range of HWT is recommended at 48℃ for 30 minutes and 49℃ for 10 minutes on Allium hookeri infected root-knot(Meloidogyne spp.) nematode.

• Bok-ri Park(Plant Quarantine Technology Center, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Suwon 443-440, Republic of Korea)
• Bo-Ram Kim(Plant Quarantine Technology Center, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Suwon 443-440, Republic of Korea)
• YuJeong Shin(Plant Quarantine Technology Center, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Suwon 443-440, Republic of Korea)
• NohYoul Heo(Plant Quarantine Technology Center, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Suwon 443-440, Republic of Korea)
• Donghun Cho(Plant Quarantine Technology Center, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Suwon 443-440, Republic of Korea)