Orientador: Adriana Zanin Kronka / Banca: Danila Comelis Bertolin / Banca: Marileia Regina Ferreira / Banca: Martha Maria Passador / Banca: Silvia Renata Siciliano Wilcken / Resumo: O feijoeiro comum (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) está sujeito à ocorrência de doenças, cujos agentes causais podem ser transportados e transmitidos via sementes, além de comprometer o potencial fisiológico destas. Dentre os patógenos que influenciam negativamente, se presentes nas sementes de feijão, está o fungo Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid., que pode ser transmitido às plantas, causando a podridão cinzenta da haste do feijoeiro, uma doença com sérios impactos na cultura. Apesar do tratamento químico de sementes ser uma prática eficiente no controle de patógenos, o emprego de substâncias naturais com ação fungicida e de antagonistas de fitopatógenos surge como uma opção de manejo sustentável. Diante do exposto, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi avaliar o efeito do tratamento de sementes de feijão com óleos essenciais (Capítulo I) e antagonistas (Capítulo II) sobre a incidência do fungo M. phaseolina e o potencial fisiológico das sementes tratadas. No primeiro capítulo, inicialmente, investigou-se a ação in vitro dos óleos essenciais de cravo da índia, pimenta preta e gerânio sobre o crescimento micelial e a esporulação do fungo. Dois tratamentos testemunha foram incluídos: fungicida tiofanato metílico + fluazinam e BDA puro. Verificou-se inibição total do crescimento micelial pelos óleos essenciais de cravo da índia e pimenta preta, com ação semelhante ao fungicida. O óleo essencial de gerânio não apresentou efeito inibitório satisfatório sobre o fungo. Os óleos essenciais de c... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Common bean crop (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is subject to diseases occurrence, whose causal agents can be transported and transmitted through seeds, besides compromising their physiological potential. Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. is one of the pathogens that negatively influences this potential, if present in common bean seeds. This fungus can be transmitted to the plants, causing charcoal rot of common bean, a disease with serious impacts on this crop. Although the chemical treatment of seeds is an efficient practice in the pathogens control, the use of natural substances with fungicidal action and antagonists of phytopathogens appears as a sustainable management option. This research aimed to evaluate the effect of common bean seeds treatment with essential oils (Chapter I) as well as antagonists (Chapter II) on the incidence of M. phaseolina and the physiological potential of the treated seeds. In the first chapter, the in vitro action of clove, black pepper and geranium essential oils on mycelial growth and fungal sporulation was investigated. Two control treatments were included: methyl thiophanate + fluazinam fungicide and pure potato-dextrose-agar (PDA). Total inhibition of mycelial growth was verified by clove and black pepper essential oils, which showed a fungicide-like action. The geranium essential oil had no satisfactory inhibitory effect on the fungus. Clove and black pepper essential oils were used in the common bean seeds treatment in order to determine their potential for M. phaseolina control and possible effects on the physiological quality of treated seeds. The essential oils treatments were compared with the methyl thiophanate + fluazinam fungicide one. Inoculated and uninoculated seeds were also evaluated. The essential oils reduced the fungus incidence in the seeds, however, clove essential oil caused a germination reduction. In spite of this, there was no negative ... / Doutor