Abstract: Progress on research of rice population was summarized, which includes yield production,grain filling,source sink characteristic and optimizing control on rice population.Ten research aspects on rice population had been proposed for the time to come.

Key words: rice, population, yield production, grain filling, source sink characteristic, population controlling

摘要： 分群体产量生产、群体籽粒充实、群体源库特征和群体优化调控等4个方面，对我国水稻群体研究的新进展进行了综述，并提出了未来水稻群体研究的10个方向。

关键词: 水稻, 群体, 产量生产, 籽粒充实, 源库特征, 群体调控