Hairy roots are a pathological phenomenon that occurs after plants are infected by Agrobacterium rhizogenes.It can produce the same or similar compounds as the original plant.Hairy root culture is an important method to produce plant secondary metabolites.In recent years, research on the strategy of using hairy roots to produce secondary metabolites has attracted more and more attention.This review mainly discusses hairy root culture conditions, expanded culture, and metabolic engineering.It introduces the research about plant secondary metabolism production based on the hairy root system, as ...