“…) After the formation of the cicatrix, a new cambium appears beneath (away from) the wound/ pathogen (Biggs, 1985;Cunningham, 1928;Mullick, 1975;Pearce and Rutherford, 1981;Woodward and Pearce, 1988a). The position of this cambium is presumably under hormonal control and ultimately it restores the continuity of phellem and phelloderm, thus usually (but not always) walling off the wound or pathogen (Biggs, 1987;Bostock and Middleton, 1987;Cunningham, 1928;Jewell, 1988;Pearce and Rutherford, 1981;Woodward and Pearce, 1988a). Mullick termed this cambium the "necrophylactic periderm" (Mullick, 1975(Mullick, , 1977.…”