The genus Fusarium is noted for including important plant pathogens and mycotoxin producers. Furthermore, many Fusarium lineages have been reported to be efficient in controlling insects and to exhibit promising characteristics for agricultural pest control such as causing high mortality rates and having fast action and abundant sporulation. In this review we present a survey of peer-reviewed papers published from 2000 to 2019, demonstrating the widespread pathogenicity of Fusarium to insects. This survey was made using search strings in a number of databases. We list the major complexes and species of Fusarium reported as entomopathogenic and highlight the features of interest for insect control as well as the advantages and implications of this practice. Out of a total of forty papers, at least 30 species and 273 isolates of Fusarium were reported as pathogenic to at least one species of insect. Ten complexes of Fusarium species harbor entomopathogenic fungi, of which F. incarnatum-equiseti, F. fujikuroi, F. oxysporum and F. solani (= Neocosmospora solani) species complexes represented the most abundant number of entomopathogenic strains. The entomopathogenic interactions of these fungi have received greater attention in recent years, but much remains to be explored, especially regarding the specificity of these fungi for the host insect, the production of undesirable secondary metabolites, and side-effect and safety tests organisms not targets. Detailed investigations in this regard will be crucial if we are to fully exploit the potential of Fusarium for controlling insect pests.

属镰刀指出，为包括重要的植物病原真菌毒素和生产者。此外，据报道，许多镰刀菌谱系在控制昆虫方面是有效的，并且在农业害虫防治中显示出令人鼓舞的特征，例如引起高死亡率，具有快速作用和丰富的孢子形成。在这篇综述中，我们对2000年至2019年发表的同行评审论文进行了调查，证明了镰刀菌对昆虫的广泛致病性。这项调查是使用许多数据库中的搜索字符串进行的。我们列出了镰刀菌的主要复合体和种类报道称其为昆虫病原体，并强调了昆虫防治的特点以及这种做法的优点和意义。在总共四十篇论文中，据报道至少有30种和273种镰刀菌分离株对至少一种昆虫具有致病性。的十络合物镰刀菌物种怀有昆虫病原真菌，其中F. incarnatum-木贼，F.恶苗，尖孢镰孢和茄病镰刀菌 （= 新赤壳菌种复合物代表了最多数量的致病菌株。这些真菌的昆虫致病性相互作用近年来受到了越来越多的关注，但仍有许多工作有待探索，尤其是关于这些真菌对寄主昆虫的特异性，不良次级代谢产物的产生以及副作用和安全性测试生物均不是目标生物的问题。 。如果我们要充分利用镰刀菌防治害虫的潜力，在这方面进行详细调查将至关重要。