Paper prepared for presentation at the First Symposium on Horticulture in Europe(SHE), 17th to 20th February 2008 at Vienna/Austria held under the aegis of ALVA,APH, BNL-SHS, DGG, GSHS, IOH, INRA, NJF, PSHS, SECH, SOI and theInternational Society for Horticultural Science

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