Leaf temperature is the guarantee for the plant to carry out the life activities and closely related to plants’ healthy growth and crops’ planting management. The accurate measurement of leaf temperature is significant to understand the physiological condition, guide farmland irrigation, select variety and forecast production, etc. The development of plant leaf temperature measurement and requirements of application in recent years at home and abroad were briefly summarized and reviewed in the paper. Firstly, the status of application research and achievements of leaf temperature were introduced from the methods of measurement and scientific experiments. Then it analyzed and compared the principle, advantages and disadvantages and measurement of several common methods in detail including thermal resistance measurement, thermocouple measurement, infrared temperature measurement, infrared thermal imaging measurement and the leaf temperature model. At last, some problems urgently needed to be solved and the development direction of the field were presented, which could provide a reference for the further study of the leaf temperature sensor.