“…Delayed germination has been associated with diverse factors, such as incompatibility with formulants and other chemicals (Alves et al, 1998;Mohan et al, 2007;Faria et al, 2009), UV radiation (Zimmermann, 1982;Moore et al, 1993;Braga et al, 2001;Ghajar et al, 2006), temperatures either below or above the optimal range following inoculation on nutrient media (Luz and Fargues, 1997;Devi et al, 2005), exposure to substrates with low water activities (Luz and Fargues, 1997;Milner et al, 1997;Andersen et al, 2006), short-term exposure of aqueous conidial suspensions to heat before inoculation on suitable media (Zimmermann, 1982;Rangel et al, 2005;Fernandes et al, 2008), and long-term storage at abovefreezing temperatures (McClatchie et al, 1994;Moore et al, 1995;Alves et al, 1996;Magalhães and Boucias, 2004). With respect to long-term storage, delayed germination for Bb isolate 447 was first noticed after a 30 months-storage of conidial powders at 6 ± 2°C (Alves et al, 1996).…”