As a kind of medicinal and food crop, mungbean is not only an essential food resources, but also plays an important role in improving the environments of soils and increasing the income of farmers. However, the basic research and genomics study of mungbean is far behind the other major crops. In recent years, molecular marker technology has developed rapidly and been widely used in mungbean genome research. By using molecular markers, more than twenty?sets of mung bean genetic linkage map?have been constructed. Some excellent genes especially genes related to resistance were identified or fine mapped, this laid the foundation for marker-assisted selection and promoted the development of breeding for resistant cultivars. This article reviewed the application of molecular markers in study on genetic linkage map construction and gene mapping of mungbean. The main aim is to supply useful information for the genetic breeding research and functional genomics analysis.