The common symptoms for BSMV are yellow streaks or spots, mosaic, leaves and stunted growth.

[1] Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is a useful tool that can differentiate between similar strains of barley stripe mosaic virus and provide quantitative results.

ELISA works by using antibodies that are specific for a particular virus and the antibody-antigen interaction is mediated by a solid surface, which is usually a polystyrene multiwell plate.

[2] Common symptoms of BSMV are yellow to white mottling, spotting and streaking, necrosis and severe mosaic on leaves.

Plants grown from infected seeds are severely stunted or could even die before emergence in very susceptible hosts varieties.

Rather, BSMV is confined to only plant tissues, of which it targets chloroplasts and nuclei within the mesophyll and epidermal cells.

BMSV is also spread through mechanical transfer of the virus; reducing handling and movement through infected areas will help contain the disease.

Sterilization of all tools and machinery, specifically irrigation systems, used in fields will reduce the spread of BMSV.

Quaternary ammonium salts and hydrogen dioxides are two common commercial products used for sterilization of horticulture tools and machinery.

There are many types of resistant barley varieties including: Traill, Moreval, Modjo-1, Morex, Modjo, and CI 4197.

[1] Shortly after its discovery, BSMV was found to be present in 97% of barley fields in North Dakota in 1954.

By 1972 a zero tolerance was placed on all certified seeds in Montana which led to a dramatic decline in yield loss due to BSMV.

[10] However, despite not being a factor in crop production anymore, BSMV is still important in research, as various studies have shown that it can be used to study gene function via gene silencing in oat, wheat, and Brachypodium distachyon (a grass that is a model monocot for genetics research).