The effect of selected essential oils on rape pathogens such as Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Phoma lingam, Rhizoctonia solani and Fusarium oxysporum was estimated in vitro studies. S. sclerotiorum showed the lowest susceptibility to the examined essential oil treatments. The thyme oil displayed the highest fungistatic effect and suppressed the culture growth of all tested fungal species when applied at the concentration of 0.2 and 0.02%. The lemongrass oil applied at the concentration of 0.2 and 0.02% inhibited the culture growth of the examined species from 90 to 100%. The tea tree and grapefruit essential oils applied and the concentration less than 0.2% showed poor effectiveness or no fungistatic effect on F. oxysporum and S. sclerotiorum.