stem rot from jute

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Does anyone have any experience with stem rot caused by jute or carried by jute? Another grower reported the same problem, but I don't have an ID for the disease. Stems have developed these blisters and pinky brown powdery surface looking similar to EB of stems, but spreading almost in rings with a whiter outer edge. This all started within a week of the tying up, and seems to be eating through the stems pretty quickly in some places.