Susceptibility of Rudbeckia, Zinnia, Ageratum, and Other Bedding Plants to Bidens Mottle Virus. A. E. Logan, Graduate Student, Plant Pathology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611. F. W. Zettler, Professor, and Stephen R. Christie, Plant Pathologist III, Plant Pathology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611. Plant Dis. 68:260-262. Accepted for publication 21 November 1983. Copyright 1984 The American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-68-260.

Bidens mottle virus (BMoV) was identified as a pathogen of naturally infected plants of Rudbeckia hirta hybrida, Zinnia elegans, and Ageratum conyzoides (family Compositae) growing as bedding plants in Florida. Eight other composite bedding plant species and Petunia hybrida (Solanaceae) and Verbena hybrida (Verbenaceae) were also susceptible to this virus when manually inoculated.

Keyword(s): Calendula officinalis, Callistephus chinensis, Centantherum intermedium, Dimorphotheca pluvialis, Gaillardia grandiflora, Helianthus annuus, Helichrysum bracteatum, Stokesia laevis.