Distribution of Bean Pod Mottle Virus in Soybeans in North Carolina. J. P. Ross, Professor, ARS, USDA, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7616. A. K. Butler, Agricultural Technician, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7616. Plant Dis. 69:101-103. Accepted for publication 24 September 1984. This article is in the public domain and not copyrightable. It may be freely reprinted with customary crediting of the source. The American Phytopathological Society, 1985. DOI: 10.1094/PD-69-101.

In a survey of commercial soybean (Glycine max) fields in 21 counties in eastern North Carolina, bean pod mottle virus was more prevalent in the mideastern counties than in southeastern and northeastern counties. In the mideastern area, 37% of the fields had greater than 50% of plants infected, and 30% of the total crop surveyed was virus-infected. No evidence of significant pathogenic variation was obtained among 40 isolates when tested on four soybean and 18 common bean cultivars.