Sapodilla is a kind of versatile tropical fruit tree and has great value in development and utilization. Considerable of researches have been done on gene resources preservation, breeding, cultivation and physiology in America, India and Mexico, and some achievements have been gained. But the fundamental researches were less. Sapodilla is a rare fruit tree, so the researches on it were lager and achievements were less than that of the countries. Research status and main progress in China were summarized from 7 aspects, which were preservation and classification of germplasm resources, breeding...