I heard this morning that from the top ten warmer winters in France during this Century, 9 occurred since 1980 ! Any statistician here ? (180C in Paris this afternoon) -- Pierre ZAGATTI INRA Unite de Phytopharmacie et Mediateurs Chimiques 78026 Versailles Cedex FRANCE Tel: (33) 1 30 83 31 18 e-mail zagatti at versailles.inra.fr http://www.jouy.inra.fr/papillon/