【Objective】 The aim of the study is to explore the effect of phosphorus supply level on photosyntheticcharacteristics and stress-resistant physiology of different varieties of switchgrass under saline-alkali conditions.【Method】 A pot experiment was conducted using a two-factor randomized block design. Three switchgrass varieties(Alamo syndiploid,Alamo and Pathfinder) and three phosphorus supply levels (no phosphorus 0 mg/kg (P0),lowphosphorus 10 mg/kg (P10),high phosphorus 100 mg/kg (P100)) were set. The changes of photosynthetic charac-teristics,antioxidant enzyme activity and osmoregulatory substance content of switchgrass varieties under differentphosphorus supply levels were analyzed and compared, and their stress resistance was comprehensively evaluated.【Result】 The results showed that leaf chlorophyll a and b contents,net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance,transpiration rate and proline content of switchgrass increased with the increase of phosphorus supply level. And thevalues for Alamo syndiploid P100 treatment increased by 57. 3 %,62. 9 %,41. 4 %,29. 7 %,55. 2 % and 128 % re-spectively compared with P0 treatment. Intercellular carbon dioxide content(Ci), catalase activity (CAT) and soluble sugar content( SS) decreased with the increase of phosphorus supply level, compared with P0 treatment, thetreatment of P100 of Alamo syndiploid variety decreased by 51. 7%,84. 4% and 20. 9%. The net photosyntheticrate,SOD activity and proline content of Alamo syndiploid were the highest under high phosphorus treatment.【Con-clusion】 Comprehensive analysis showed that phosphorus application under saline-alkali condition improved photo-synthetic capacity and stress resistance of switchgrass,and Alamo syndiploid body under high phosphorus treatmenthad the strongest stress resistance.