Taking the drought stress and normal irrigation fields where plant the same varieties of corn, an
experiment by drilling soil was conducted to study the effects of drought stress on characteristics of the soil
gravimetric moisture content, water storage and water consumption. The result showed that the effect of
drought stress enhanced significantly after the tasseling stage, the soil moisture was markedly lower than that
in the normal irrigation field. During the reproductive period, the soil water storage of drought stress area
was lower than the normal irrigation field, and the variation of the soil water storage in shallow layer was
bigger and smaller in the deep layer. Moreover, the drought stress influenced on the maize yield seriously,
and the indexes of maize yield under the drought stress were significantly lower than the normal water
treatment, the hundred grain weight decreased by 23.3%, and the grain yield fell by 35.6%.