稻瘟病是一种世界性的水稻重要病害.目前业已公认,采用抗病品种是控制稻瘟病的最经济有效的根本途径.因而,抗稻瘟育种已成为目前国内外水稻育种的研究重点;同时,也是我省八十年代水稻育种协作攻关项目的重要内容之一.本文介绍国外抗稻瘟育种的若干研究动态,为我省水稻育种协作攻关提供借鉴. Rice blast is a worldwide important disease of rice, and now it is recognized that the use of resistant varieties is the most economical and effective way to control rice blast. Therefore, blast-resistant breeding has become the focus of rice breeding at home and abroad at the same time , Is also one of the important contents of collaborative research project of rice breeding in the 1980s in our province.This paper introduces some research trends of foreign blast-resistant breeding and provides references for the collaborative research of rice breeding in our province.