Abstract:The waterlogging limited the production potential of cultivated soil (waterlogged albic soil ) in the eastern Sanjiang Plain of Heilongjiang Province, which restricted the stable and high yield of this region. Focusing on the hard barrier layer, poor ventilation and permeability, and poor drainage of white clay in the flooded areas of the Sanjiang Plain, which can easily lead to waterlogging disasters issues. Self-developed mouse hole plows (RHPT) and straw deep buried plows (SDBT) were used for tillage and soil improvement operations, with conventional tillage (stubble removal and ridge formation) as the control (CK). Based on artificial simulation of waterlogging, maize during the silk emergence stage was subjected to 7 days of waterlogging stress. Two deep tillage and soil improvement methods were studied to break through the barrier layer, improve soil tillage structure, and resist the nature of waterlogging on maize root growth, dry matter accumulation, yield composition, etc. The experimental results showed that compared with conventional tillage (CK), the two tillage measures reduced soil hardness, improved soil permeability, and had a more reasonable three-phase ratio. Compared with CK, RHPT and SDBT treatments resulted in a maximum decrease of 25.9% and 19.3% in subsoil (20~40cm) hardness, a decrease of 7.9% and 9.2% in soil solid fraction, and an increase of 11.5% and 10.6% in liquid fraction, respectively. The permeability coefficient of the plow layer was increased by 451.1% and 407.1%, and the differences in various indicators were significant (P<0.05). These two cultivation measures can alleviate the growth stress of waterlogging on corn and increase corn yield. Compared with CK, RHPT and SDBT treatments increased maize root vitality by 25.0% and 28.0%, respectively, and increased dry matter mass by 11.1% and 11.8%, respectively;SPAD values were increased by 17.1% and 14.4%, respectively. The pollen vitality was increased by 26.1% and 22.7%, and the grain yield was increased by 11.3% and 12.0%, respectively. The research adopted two tillage and soil improvement measures to increase soil storage capacity, alleviate waterlogging stress on maize roots, improve crop stress resistance, which provided technical support for disaster reduction and yield preservation regulation of spring maize in Northeast China.