| In order to explore the suitable water-saving cropping pattern of winter wheat in Hebei piedmont plain, the effects of different cropping patterns on the maximum leaf area index, population changes, surface soil moisture content, water consumption characteristics, grain yield and water use efficiency were studied in 2014-2015. The experiment was set with seven treatments: straw mulching with micro-sprinkler irrigation, the whole film casing dibble seeding with no irrigation, the ridge covered with plastic film with film side drilling and leaching irrigation, no-till furrow sowing with each ditch irrigation, no-till furrow sowing with isolation ditch spray irrigation, micro-sprinkler irrigation and border irrigation as controls.Border irrigation amount was 150 mm (pre-wintering and jointing) and each micro-irrigation treatment irrigation were 30 mm (jointing). The results show that the grain yield of straw mulching treatment was increased by 2.1%, with no significant difference, compared to that of micro-sprinkler irrigation, and water use efficiency of both treatments was the same. The surface soil moisture content of pre-wintering, re-greening and jointing of straw mulching treatment were higher than those of micro-sprinkler irrigation. The grain yield of straw mulching treatment and micro-sprinkler irrigation were decreased by 0.6% and 2.6%, respectively, compared to that of border irrigation, with no significant difference. While the water use efficiency of straw mulching and micro-sprinkler irrigation were both 31.7 kg·hm-2·mm-1, which was increased by 32.1% with significant difference, compared to that of border irrigation. The percentage of earbearing tiller of straw mulching treatment was significantly higher than that of micro-sprinkler irrigation, followed by that of border irrigation. The 0-20 cm soil moisture content of straw mulching treatment before winter was increased by 6.36% and 5.92%,respectively, compared to those of micro-sprinkler irrigation and border irrigation, with significant difference. The soil water consumption of straw mulching treatment was slightly lower than that of the film side drilling treatment but higher than those of other micro-irrigation treatments during winter wheat growing period, indicating that straw mulching mode is beneficial to utilize 0-2 m soil water storage of winter wheat in low rainfall years. |