Abstract: Arid farmland is an important area for agricultural production in China,and tillage and fertilization significantly influence grain yield in the area.As an effective agronomic technique for rainfall collection,ridge-furrow planting plays a crucial role for increasing grain yield in the area.With the changes in topography and effect of mulching film on interface moisture exchange,the ridge-furrow planting has a strong impact on soil water-heat movement,thus increasing soil temperature and soil moisture.In order to understand the effect of ridge and furrow planting and different fertilizations on maize yield,agronomic efficiency and fertilizer utilization efficency,we conducted a field experiment in 2015 and 2016 by covering full furrow with film and selecting Xianyu 335 with eight fertilization treeatments: No fertilizer,CK; nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer,NP; phosphate and potassium fertilizer,PK; nitrogen and potassium fertilizer,NK; nitrogen fertilizer (N: 24% diammonium phosphate,76% ordinary urea) phosphate and potassium fertilizer,NPK1; nitrogen fertilizer (N: 40% slow-release urea,20% diammonium phosphate,40% ordinary urea) phosphate and potassium fertilizer,NPK2; nitrogen fertilizer (70%N: 40% slow-release urea,26% diammonium phosphate,34% ordinary urea) phosphate and potassium fertilizer,NPK3; nitrogen fertilizer (85%N: 40% slow-release urea,23% diammonium phosphate,37%ordinary urea) phosphate and potassium fertilizer,NPK4.The results showed that all fertilization treatments affected physiological index and leaf area index in the whole growth period and significantly influenced maize yield and dry matter accumulation.The average grain yield of 8.66 t·hm^-2 with NPK3 treatment was significantly higher than that of other fertilizations,which was 28.8% higher than that of the control.The agronomic efficiencies of nitrogen,phosphorus,potassium and the leaf area index in slow-release urea treatment were higher than that of other treatments.Therefore,the application of slow-release urea is a suitable fertilizer model which can promote the growth of maize and increase the crop yield under ridge-furrow rainfall collection planting.