Orientador: Odair Correa Bueno / Banca: Luiz Carlos Forti / Banca: Maria Santina de Castro Morini / Banca: Osmar Malaspina / Banca: Ana Eugênia de Carvalho Campos Farinha / Abstract: The present work aimed to evaluate the efficiency of crude oils of Carapa guianensis Aubl. (crabwood), Elaeis guineensis Jacq. (African oil palm), Sesamum indicum L. (sesame), Ricinus communis L. (castor beans), Azadirachta indica Juss (neem), Theobroma cacao L. (cocoa), Anacardium occidentale L. (cashew nut) and crude extracts of Anacardium occidentale on leafcutting ants control, using Atta sexdens rubropilosa as model. Toxicity bioassays with ant workers were done using: 1) treatments by incorporation of crude oils or extracts in artificial diet and 2) treatments by topic application of crude oils or extracts on the ants pronotum. According to obtained results in toxicity tests, some crude oils and extracts were select to be incorporated in baits or applied by nebulization and tested on laboratory colonies. The crude oils or extracts more efficient on laboratory colonies control were tested on field grown up colonies. The obtained results in all toxicity tests permitted to select crude oils of C. guianensis, E. guineensis, S. indicum, R. communis, A. indica, A. occidentale and hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of A. occidentale to be applied by nebulization and crude oils of E. guineensis, A. indica and A. occidentale to be incorporated in baits and tested on laboratory colonies. On laboratory colonies, the nebulization with crude oils of C. guianensis, E. guineensis, S. indicum, R. communis and A. indica didn't cause any effect on colonies. Therefore, these crude oils don't must be used to leaf-cutting ants control. However, crude oil and hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of A. occidentale propitiated the extinction of colonies. The E. guineensis, A. indica and A. occidentale baits didn't any cause effect on colonies hence it follows that these baits don't must be used to leaf-cutting ant's control / Doutor