Abstract: Tagetes patura is a kind of annual herbage of Asteraceae.Tagetes patura has so excellent ornamental characteristics that widely being used in flower beds and gardens.This article gave a summary to its researches on its genetic characteristics,breeding,cultivation,stresses resistance,allelopathy and some other aspects.The objective is to provide some kinds of references for further researches on Tagete spatula and to put forward the outlook of its further researches.