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The use of chemical defensives to control fungal diseases has by consequence to impact negatively over the environment and human health, this way, the use of plant extracts with antifungal properties along with proper cultural management makes viable an alternative plant production control, specially for familiar and organic cultures. The objective of this study was to perform phytochemical and antioxidant analysis of Byrsonima crassifolia (canjiqueira) barks and evaluate its antifungal potential over Fusarium solani and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum mycelial growth. The ethanol extract from plants collected in Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil was submitted to phytochemical prospection, total phenol and flavonoids quantification and antioxidant activiy determination (DPPH). To evaluate antifungal activity concentrations of 800, 1200, 1600, 2000 and 2400 µg 100 mL -1 of ethanol extract were used. Which concentration was separately incorporated in agar (PDA) and shed in Petri dishes, followed by the fungi mycelial disc where the colonies diameter was measured daily. Negatives control with agar without extract and agar with an ethanol solution were used. The B. crassifolia ethanol extract presented inhibitory activity over the fungi studied where concentrations of 800 and 1600 µg 100 mL -1 , inhibited 38% of the mycelial growth of F. solani; to S. sclerotiorum the best concentration was 2400 µg 100 mL 1 , reducing 37.5%. The antifungal bark extract potential of this specie is attributed to phenolic compounds and to triterpenes derivatives.

-Isolates of Pseudomonas veronii (DFs513), Bacillus spp. (DFs093 and DFs348), Bacillus cereus (DFs769), Rodhococcus fascians (DFs843 and DFs912) and Pseudomonas fluorescens (DFs831 and DFs842), selected for Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli control, and a combination of some of these bacteria isolates, were evaluated for possible influence on Colletotrichum lindemuthianum transmission from naturally infected and/or infested bean seeds to seedlings. In the first trial, using the paper roll method, seeds were sown in eight replications of 25 seeds that were incubated at 20 ± 2°C. Germination percentage and pathogen incidence were evaluated. In the second trial, pathogen transmission to seedlings was evaluated in sterile substratum and incubated for 10 days. Daily emerged seedlings, pathogen incidence, leaf and root dry mass were

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