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To clarify the effects of tillage with mulching on potato yield and soil water and heat characteristics, we conducted a field experiment for two consecutive years in arid region of southern Ningxia. The results showed that tillage depths and mulching materials had significant impacts on soil water storage at 0-100 cm layer during the potato sowing period. The interactive effects of tillage depths and mulching materials were not significant. In 2019, the highest soil water storage was obtained in the subsoiling 30 cm with plastic film mulching, while soil water storage under the subsoiling 40 cm with straw mulch was the highest in 2020. Subsoiling 30 cm with plastic film mul-ching and subsoiling 40 cm with straw mulch significantly increased soil water storage by 16.9% and 33.4% compared with the plowing 15 cm with no mulch (CK), respectively. Tillage depths and mulching materials significantly affected soil water storage in the key growth period of potato. Among the tillage systems, the straw mulching plots and plastic film mulching plots had the strongest effect of soil water conservation. Irrespective of the mulching materials, soil water storage was significantly improved in the subsoiling 30-40 cm plots. Mulching materials and the interaction between tillage depths and mulching materials significantly affected soil effective accumulated temperature at 0-25 cm soil layer after sowing to budding. Among the tillage systems, the plastic film mulching plots significantly increased the average soil effective accumulated temperature by 9.3%, whereas the straw mulching plots significantly reduced the temperature by 18.7%, in comparison with no mulching plots. The highest soil effective accumulated temperature during the whole growth period was obtained in the subsoiling 30 cm with plastic film mulching and subsoiling 40 cm with plastic film mulching treatments in 2019 and 2020. The highest potato tuber yield and economic benefit in 2019 were found in the subsoiling 30 cm with straw mulching treatment, respectively, being 84.6% and 107.9% higher than CK. In 2020, the improvement effect of subsoiling 40 cm with straw mulch on potato tuber yield and economic benefit was the strongest, respectively, which were significantly increased by 81.7% and 105.7%, compared with CK. Tillage depths and mulching materials had significant interactive effects on the water and heat use efficiency of crop. The higher water use efficiency was obtained in the subsoiling 30-40 cm with straw mulch treatments, whereas the accumulated temperature use efficiency was increased significantly under different tillage depths with straw mulching treatments compared with CK. Soil water and effective accumulated temperature during the tuber formation stage were the main factors affecting potato total yield, with stronger effect of soil water than that of soil effective accumulated temperature. Therefore, the treatments of subsoiling 30-40 cm with straw mulch could improve soil moisture and heat condition, and realize potato yield and income increase and efficient use of water and heat resources, which have application and popularization value in dryland potato cultivation of southern Ningxia.为探究耕作覆盖对土壤水热及旱作马铃薯产量的影响,连续2年在宁南旱区不同耕作深度结合覆盖模式下开展了研究工作。结果表明: 耕作深度、覆盖材料对马铃薯播种期0～100 cm土层土壤贮水量有极显著影响,而二者交互作用无显著影响;2019年土壤贮水量以深松30 cm覆盖地膜处理最高,2020年以深松40 cm覆盖秸秆处理较高,分别较翻耕15 cm不覆盖处理(对照)显著提高16.9%和33.4%;耕作深度、覆盖材料可显著影响马铃薯关键生育期土壤贮水量;同一耕作深度下土壤贮水量以秸秆、地膜覆盖处理效果较好,同一覆盖材料下以深松30～40 cm处理最佳。覆盖材料、耕作深度与覆盖材料二者交互作用对播种-现蕾期0～25 cm土层土壤有效积温影响显著;同一耕作深度下覆盖地膜处理土壤有效积温平均较不覆盖处理显著增加9.3%,而覆盖秸秆处理较不覆盖处理显著降低18.7%;2019和2020年各处理全生育期土壤有效积温分别以深松30 cm和深松40 cm覆盖地膜处理最高。2019年马铃薯总产量和经济效益以深松30 cm覆盖秸秆处理较高,分别较对照显著提高84.6%和107.9%;2020年以深松40 cm覆盖秸秆处理最佳,分别较对照显著提高81.7%和105.7%。耕作深度、覆盖材料对作物水热利用效率均有显著影响,水分利用效率以深松30～40 cm覆盖秸秆处理较高,而积温利用效率不同耕作深度结合秸秆覆盖各处理均较翻对照显著提高。相关分析表明,块茎形成期的土壤水分和有效积温对马铃薯总产量的形成至关重要,而全生育期土壤水分对总产量的影响高于土壤有效积温。可见,深松30～40 cm覆盖秸秆处理可改善土壤水热状况,实现马铃薯增产增收和水热资源的高效利用,在宁南半干旱区马铃薯生产中有一定的应用推广价值。.