Abstract: At present, development of agriculture in China tends towards precision and intelligence．Crop growth and development model is an essential tool for developing precision agriculture．Growth process of crops was digitized and refined through modern information technology, constraining factors in crop growth and development were analyzed to improve agricultural production efficiency．Focusing on growth and development model, current application status and limitations of crop growth and development model were analyzed, and relevant suggestions for its development were proposed．Using visualization literature analysis software CiteSpace 6.1.6 Advanced, crop growth and development model was studied using methods such as literature research, system analysis, and analytic hierarchy process．Primary analysis was conducted using growth and development model as main keyword, and secondary analysis was conducted using keywords such as grain crops and economic crops．Publishing institutions and keywords separately were analyzed, and centrality was calculated．Crop growth and development model was widely used in grain crops, economic crops, and other fields, but there were differences in focus of research and analysis between the two aspects．