Yield loss of cucurbitaceae and solanaceae vegetables caused by tomato spotted wilt virus is severe in Okinawa prefecture. It was observed that the loss affects cucumber infected with TSWV after inoculation at the cotyledon stage. Plants infected with the virus were shorter and the length and number of lateral shoots were lower than in the non-inoculated healthy plants. Yield of infected plants was about 40 percent lower than that of the non-inoculated plants.