The seed infection rate of SMV positively correlated with the disease resistance between cultivars and the different strains of SMV, but thè correlation did not noticeable between the seed infectionrate and seed-mottling rate or disease index of seed plants. The infected seedling rate of seed-borne SMV strain 1 was higher than strain 2 or 3. The cultivar which highly resist seed infection of SMV would be resistant to all 3 srains. Primary infection source may be reduced by breeding and selecting the variety with the lower infected seedling rate of seed-borne SMV.