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------- as St Augustine grass
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------- Pensacola area (Florida), damaging especially on centipede and St Augustine grasses.
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* University of Florida. IFAS Extension (2019) Mosaic disease of St. Augustinegrass caused by sugarcane mosaic virus. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/PP313
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