Whereas in case of plants treated with non-formulated 24 h old grown antagonistic bacterial cells, most of the treatments except RP7, RCh6, RSH4, Rbh40 and RBh41 showed first wilt incidence after 15 days (Datanot shown), however, in untreated control, wilt was recorded after even days of inoculation. At the 36th day, plants treated with talc formulations of RBh41 and RBh42 were completely free from wilt.