As the fourth major staple crop after rice, wheat and corn, potato is of great significance for ensuring the national food security. In order to explore the response characteristics of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) yield, leaf photosynthetic physiology, dry matter accumulation characteristics to water stress in the semi-arid region of the Loess Plateau, the soil water stress experiment was conducted in 2021 by using the main potato variety “Xindaping” as the test material. The soil water was controlled during the critical period of tuber enlargement (August). Field water capacity was set at 40%±5% (moderate water stress, T1 treatment) and 55%±5% (mild water stress, T2 treatment), and 75%±5% (full water treatment, T3) was used as the control for analysis. The results show that under water stress, the maximum tuber weight per plant, tuber weight per plant and yield all decreased, the number of tubers decreased, the weight and the number of pellet potato increased significantly (P<0.05), and compared with T3 the yield of potato under T1 and T2 treatments decreased by 30% and 13%, respectively. The net photosynthetic rate (P_n), stomatal conductance (G_s) and intercellular CO₂ concentration (C_i) of potato leaves decreased significantly, among them the G_s decreased by 59%, and the water use efficiency (WUE) of T1 treatment was 31% higher than that of T3. In the weak light area, the effect of moderate and mild water stress on P_n is not obvious (P>0.05), when the light intensity was higher than 300 μmol·m^-2·s^-1, the differences between treatments increased, and P_n under T1 and T2 treatments decreased by 42% and 32% on average compared with T3. Under the influence of water stress, the maximum net photosynthetic rate (P_nmax), light compensation point (LCP) and dark respiration rate (R_d) decreased significantly (P<0.05), and light saturation point (LSP) under mild water stress was the highest (893.32 μmol·m^-2·s^-1). The range of available photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) of leaves decreased under moderate water stress, and the ability to use strong light decreased. The dry matter weight of roots, stems, leaves and petioles decreased under water stress, and under moderate water stress, the petiole decreased the most (63%), followed by leaves (57%) and roots (50%). This study can provide theoretical basis for potato drought damage assessment and soil water efficient utilization in semi-arid area of Loess Plateau.

In order to explore the response mechanism of photosynthetic physiological process of spring maize to soil water and temperature changes in semi-arid region of the Loess Plateau under the background of climate change, taking spring maize as the research object, the pot water control experiment was carried out in the Dingxi Arid Meteorology and Ecological Environment Experimental Base of China Meteorological Administration in 2017. Control treatment (CK treatment, soil moisture at 80% of field water capacity) and water treatment (WS treatment, soil moisture at 45%-50% of field water capacity) were set at spring maize seven-leaf stage. Three leaf temperature gradients were set, which were optimum temperature 25 ℃, high temperature 35 ℃ and extreme high temperature 40 ℃ (CK treatment corresponds to CK-25, CK-35 and CK-40; WS treatment corresponds to WS-25, WS-35 and WS-40). The response characteristics of leaf gas exchange parameters and water use efficiency to soil moisture and temperature changes at seven-leaf stage of spring maize were analyzed. The results show that within a certain range of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), the net photosynthetic rate (P_n) of leaves gradually increased with the increase of PAR. When water supply was insufficient, with the increasing of PAR, stomatal limiting factors of spring maize leaves under WS treatment transferred to non-stomatal limiting factors, and photosynthesis is inhibited obviously. The P_n of spring maize leaves under WS-35 treatment was the highest, and P_n of maize leaves under WS treatment was significantly lower than that under CK treatment in the PAR high value area. The PAR at light saturation point decreased under different temperature gradients. Compared with CK-40 treatment, the P_n of spring maize leaf under WS-40 treatment decreased significantly with the increase of PAR (P<0.05), and photoinhibition was obvious. When the water supply was sufficient, the transpiration rate (T_r) increased with temperature increasing. When the water supply was insufficient, compared with CK-40 treatment, the T_r and stomatal limitation (L_s) of spring maize leaf decreased significantly (P<0.05), while intercellular CO₂ concentration (C_i) increased significantly (P<0.05) under WS-40 treatment. With the increase of PAR, T_r decreased and water use efficiency (WUE) of spring maize treated by WS-40 was higher than that CK treatment. This study can provide reference for the physiological characteristics of spring maize in semi-arid region of the Loess Plateau under the background of climate change.

Drought is a major meteorological disaster with the highest frequency, the longest duration and the widest scope of harm in the world today, which has a huge and extensive impact on agriculture, ecology, social development and national economy all over the world. The drought is an important factor affecting agricultural production which determines the stability of crop production, further relates to the national food security. China is a large agricultural country, and also is a country with frequent drought disaster. Therefore, to improve the monitoring, forecasting and warning level of agricultural drought disaster, it is necessary to deeply understand its formation, influence characteristics, drought intensity, severity and physiological process and mechanism of crop victimization. It is also an important scientific problem to reduce and prevent drought disaster losses and improve national food security production. This paper comprehensively reviews the recent internal and overseas research progress of agricultural drought with different degrees and its impact on crop production, and explores the influence characteristics and mechanism of drought from the aspects of crop morphology, physiology, cellular and molecular levels, etc. The main indicators, indexes, methods and early warning systems in current agricultural drought monitoring are reviewed around food production to cope effectively agriculture drought. According to the new characteristics of agricultural sustainable development and drought, the current situation of drought disaster prevention and mitigation and agricultural drought coping are discussed. A series of drought coping measures both adaptation and mitigation are emphasized. On this basis, combining with the needs of national, regional and industrial development, the paper puts forward the important scientific problems, research countermeasures and the prospect of discipline development which should be emphasized in the future.

In order to study the effect of warming on field water characteristics of spring wheat，the field experiments that temperature was increased by an infrared radiator were designed at Dingxi experiment station in semi － arid area of the Loess Plateau in central Gansu． The results showed that with the increase of temperature，leaf water potential was lowered． Compared with no warming，warming of 1． 0 ℃ and 2． 0 ℃ reduced daily average leaf water potential by 2． 61% and 4． 45%，respectively． Soil water potential increased with increase of soil depth gradually． With the increase of temperature，soil water potential at different soil depth showed a decreasing trend， the higher temperature was，the greater decline of soil water potential was． There was negative correlation between warming and soil water content． Warming significantly decreased soil water storage of spring wheat，and increased evapotranspiration． Under the conditions of warming 2 ℃，irrigation increased the total storage capacity of soil，especially after jointing stage． Soil water consumption amount increased with the increase of temperature ( 0 － 100 cm) ，while the variation tendency of soil water consumption amount was not obvious ( 100 － 160 cm) ． When temperature was increased by 2 ℃，soil water consumption amount of wet treatment was higher than that of the normal water supply and drought treatment for 0 － 160 cm soil depth．