Brown planthopper（BPH, Nilaparvata lugens St錶）, whitebacked planthopper（WBPH, Sogatella furcifera Horvath）and small brown planthopper（SBPH, Laodelphax striatellus Fall閚）are three serious pests of rice, which often cause major yield losses and quality reduction in China. Breeding and utilization of resistant varieties is economical and effective in controlling plant hoppers. Study on resistance inheritance and gene is the base of breeding for pest resistance. Nowadays, great progress in rice genes resistance to brown planthopper has been made and twenty-one major BPH resistance genes, morn than fifty QTLs and some resistance-related genes were identified, mapped and cloned. However, research on WBPH and SBPH resistance genes is still in the early stage. In addition, the application of resistance genes to rice production has to be promoted.