Two varieties of winter wheat,Bei Nong 2(B. N. 2)and Jing 411(J. 411),were selected for osmotic adjustment study. At wheat growing stages,from recovery period to mature period,leaf relative water content(LRWC) ,water potential(LWP)and saturated osmotic potential (LSOP) were positively correlated to soil relative water content (SRWC) and decreased as SRWC descended at each growth stage,and the decreasing range exhibited B. N. 2<J. 411. The turgor pressure(TP)of both the varieties decreased less than LRWC and LWP. It was shown that both varieties had a osmotic adjustment ability(OAA) ,and the decreasing range presented B. N. 2<J. 411. Both the varieties had a TP tubercle in TP vs SRWC graph at heading and filling stages,and their OAA was the strongest at these two stages.
