The paper reviews the present progresses and achie vements of microbial weeds control in the world. Emphasis and prospect are sugge sted for future studies of microbial herbicides in China.

• 本文综述了微生物除草剂在国内外发展的概况，并分析和展望了我国今后微生物除草剂的发展趋势和未来方向。