In order to explore the promotion of technology of wheat straw returned to the field in lime concretion black soil area of northern Jiangsu plain,‘Suyu23’ , a maize variety, was adopted in the experiment. Five different treatments including no wheat straw returned to field, and wheat straw returned to field combined with organic and chemical fertilizer were applied to study the effects of different combinations of wheat straw returned to field and fertilizer on emergence, stem morphology, dry matter accumulation and distribution, yield and its component of maize. The results showed that no wheat straw returned to field and no fertilizer treatment (T0) hampered plant growth, dry matter accumulation and distribution, ear traits, yield formation and emergence of maize. Wheat straw returned to field and combined fertilizer treatment (T2, T3, T4) significantly improved emergence and seedling quality, as well as plant growth. Comparing to control (chemical fertilizer only, T1), wheat straw returned to field and chemical fertilizer treatment (T2) influenced ear traits and yield of maize adversely. T2 treatment shortened spike length, decreased 1000-grain weight by 6.7%, and resulted in yield loss by 8.4% . However, wheat straw returned to field and organic fertilizer treatment or optimized fertilizer treatment (T3 and T4) promoted plant height, chlorophyll content, dry matter accumulation and distribution, ear traits and yield, raised emergence quality of maize. The wheat straw returned to field and optimized fertilizer treatment (T4) was the most significant combination. Comparing to control (chemical fertilizer only, T1), T4 treatment raised the number of grain per ear and 1000- grain weight by 24.0% and 6.7% , respectively, and finally increased yield by 5.8% . 15 days after sowing, the emergence rate of T4 treatment achieved 77.9% which was 4.9% more than that of control, its emergence uniformity was increased by14.4%, hence T4 treatment ensured yield increase of maize. Therefore, the wheat straw returned to field in lime concretion black soil area could improve seedling quality, promote plant growth and the transfer of dry matter to grain of maize, and yield of maize would be raised with the combination of organic fertilizer and optimized fertilizer. Furthermore, the optimized fertilizer treatment had better effects than organic one.