[2][3] Some plants experience stunting, a decrease in photosynthetic potential caused by the reduction of chlorophyll, and they can dehydrate more readily.

[3] For the whitefly-to-plant life cycle, there is a 12-hour window, after the insect picks up the AbMV, during which the virus cannot be transmitted.

There are techniques to avoid manual transmission, such as sterilization of tools, but they are not used in Abutilon striatum propagation because the infected material is desired.

The mosaic symptom is considered more interesting than the healthy plant, and it is often marketed as a form of variegation.

[4] Horticulturalists were very interested in the diseases ability to create a variegated look without having to wait for a genetic mutation to pop up.

[citation needed] As a member of the Geminiviridae family, AbMV is prone to genetic recombinations that could lead to a new variant with more serious consequence to Abutilon species or other plants.