Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016). Cultural Tactics: Plant certified, virus-free, good quality seed Consider delayed planting of soybeans to avoid high populations of the bean leaf beetle, although other insects may be more prevalent then. Chemical tactics: If bean leaf beetles have been spotted in the field in addition to the virus in the past year, spray insecticides or treat seed with an insecticide to manage the bean leaf beetle, field history is important to consider in timing of foliar sprays. If the virus is present but the insect vector is not, spraying insecticides will not be effective in managing the disease. Management of the virus is difficult because there is not a wide range of options, and none can solve the problem completely, but a comprehensive strategy is more effective than depending on one method. Field scouting is useful in tracking the disease presence and future management. Scouting for virus symptoms during cool temperatures and rapid growth periods because optimum plant growth conditions will more readily show symptoms of the disease than stressful periods. Also, scout for bean leaf beetles. The first-generation peak population should be checked around early July during the late vegetative or early reproductive growth stages. The second-generation bean leaf beetle peak should be checked during pod-fill in August. (Soybean Research and Information Initiative, 2014) References External links ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database: Bean pod mottle virus Family Groups - The Baltimore Method Viral plant pathogens and diseases Comoviruses Soybean diseases