Abstract:The coexisting and independent stress effects were studied of three heavy metals of Cd, Pb and Cr on the physiological and biochemical characters of wheat seedlings. The results showed that there were five patterns of joint actions (JA) because of their interactions, comparing with the sum of independent actions (SIA) by three heavy metals. Under exposure to triplicate heavy metal stresses, JAs were always larger than SIAs for the decreases in leaf chlorophyll content and osmotic potential, whereas JAs were smaller than SIAs all the time for leaf stomatal resistance, soluble protein and MDA contents. With the prolongation of stress time, JAs in the solute leakage of roots and leaves presented dramatic changes so that the trend that JAs were smaller than SIAs in early stage was inversely changed in late stage. In contrast, changes in JAs related to SIAs showed the pattern from highness to lowness through the exposure course. POD enzymogram changes were obvious so that triplicate heavy metal stresses induced some new bands and inhibited other bands, compared to individual metal stresses. The findings will serve as a theoretical basis for stress mechanism in crop physiology, and for early monitoring harmful effects of heavy metals in wheat production and deserve to be further explored in the context of pollution ecology.