Suberin degradation by Rosellinia desmazieresii

Abstract

Abstract In culture, Rosellinia desmazieresii , the agent of a ring‐dying disease in Salix repens , which can penetrate intact periderm surfaces in its host, produced a range of cell‐wall‐degrading enzymes. These included esterases that may be important in the depolymerization of suberin. Slow breakdown of suberin by this fungus was demonstrated.