https://www.selleckchem.com/products/Gemcitabine-Hydrochloride(Gemzar).html With increasing sampling density, the contour change of soil water content distribution increased, and the number of grids with the least spatial variability of soil water content at the field scale was 21 points. When the sampling spacing was 18 m in the east-west direction, 9 m in the north-south direction, soil water content at field scale had a high spatial distribution correlation with soil water content in the middle position being 3%-5% higher than the surrounding. Our results provided reference for reasonable sampling of soil water content in the Guanzhong Plain and could guide the precision irrigation in agriculture.The mineralization of soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) is a critical process in the cycling of C and N in terrestrial ecosystems, which is strongly controlled by water availability. In this study, we collected soil samples in a 3-year extreme drought experiment in a meadow steppe in Inner Mongolia, freeze-dried these samples, and measured the potential C and N mineralization rates and water sensitivity of soil microorganism by incubating soils under soil water contents (SWC) of 3%, 8%, 13%, 18%, 25% and 35%. The results showed that averaged across different SWC, the extreme drought treatment of reducing 66% precipitation in growing season significantly increased potential N mineralization rate by 14.2%, but did not affect the potential C mineralization. Extreme drought significantly increased soil microbial biomass N and soil dissolved organic C by 26.8% and 26.9%, respectively. In both the control (natural rainfall) and extreme drought treatment, the potential C and N mineralization and microbial biomass C and N increased with SWC in the incubation, which was possibly caused by the enhanced substrate diffusion. Extreme drought also promoted the initial pulse response of C mineralization, implying the enhanced microbial response to water availability. Extreme drought sig