Most of Araliaceae plants are important medicinal herbs.Agrobacterium rhizogenes have been used to induce plants of Araliaceae produced hair root,in which the important secondary metabolites are obtained.It is one of the effective ways to protect rare medicinal resources of Araliaceae plant and to achieve effective industrial production of secondary metabolites.In this paper,an overview of rhizogenes transformation history and transformation mechanism in medicinal plants is given as the basis.Meanwhile the present researches on species and induction rate,various factors and regeneration plants in Araliaceae plants induced by rhizogenes are analyzed.In addition,some suggestions on further research in several key fields are presented.All above will provide a reference for the exploiting and developing medicinal plant in Araliaceae.