介绍了高直链淀粉玉米研究的发起，综述了育种和生产等方面国内外研究现状；阐述了目前高直链淀粉玉米在育种中存在的问题；提出了利用转基因技术获得高直链淀粉玉米的思路；展望了高直链淀粉玉米的发展前景。

Exhaustively summarized the domestic and foreign research present situation from the research beginning、breeding and product of high amylose starch maize; elaborated the problem of breeding of high amylose starch maize; proposed the tentative plan of making use of transferring the gene technology to obtain the high amylose maize. At last, the article forecasted the high amylose maize developmental prospects.