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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (33): 74-80.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2025-0392

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Effect of Kitchen Waste Compost on Soil Enzyme Activity and Physiological Characteristics of Maize and Peanut Interplanting

BAN Caixin1(), SA Rula1,2(), TAI Jicheng1,2, ZHAO Tingchao1, LI Anning1, WU Chengcheng1, ARUNTUYA3   

  1. 1 College of Prataculture, Inner Mongolia Minzu University, Tongliao, Inner Mongolia 028000
    2 Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Forage Crops Engineering Technology Research Center, Tongliao, Inner Mongolia 028000
    3 Changchun Institute of Architecture, Changchun, Jilin 130012
  • Received:2025-05-11 Revised:2025-10-21 Online:2025-11-25 Published:2025-12-01

Abstract:

The aim is to clarify the synergistic effect of kitchen waste composting and intercropping systems. In this experiment, the kitchen waste from the public canteen of Inner Mongolia Minzu University was used as the test material. EM bacteria (EM), saline-alkali soil (TR), and the cellulose-decomposing bacterial strain (JX) selected from the microbiology laboratory of Inner Mongolia Minzu University were inoculated for composting respectively, and then were buried in the saline-alkali soil. Corn and peanut intercropping pot experiments were conducted with saline-alkali soil (CK) as the control. The results showed that under monoculture conditions, EM and JX increased the activities of alkaline phosphatase and cellulase in monoculture corn soil, respectively, and both increased the activity of catalase in corn soil; JX increased the root activity of corn. TR and JX increased the activity of cellulase in monoculture peanut soil, increased the activity of SOD in peanut roots, and reduced the MDA content in peanut leaves. Under intercropping conditions, EM increased the soil sucrase and urease activities, while JX increased the soil urease activity. JX also increased the POD activity and MDA content in corn leaves. Both EM and JX increased the SOD activity in peanut roots under intercropping. Compared with monoculture, intercropping with EM increased the soil sucrase activity in corn, and intercropping with JX increased the POD activity in corn leaves and roots, as well as the SOD and POD activities in peanut roots. Intercropping of corn and peanut increased the SOD activity in peanut roots and the POD activity in corn roots. Overall analysis showed that intercropping of corn and peanut increased the antioxidant enzyme activities in crop roots. EM kitchen waste compost can activate soil enzyme activity, improve crop physiological characteristics, and synergistically improve the productivity of intercropping system in saline-alkali land, providing technical support for saline-alkali land improvement and organic waste resource utilization. Whether in monoculture or intercropping conditions, inoculation with cellulose-decomposing bacteria from kitchen waste compost had a positive effect on soil enzyme activities and the physiological activities of corn and peanut.

Key words: food waste compost, maize-peanut intercropping, soil enzyme activity, antioxidant capacity, root activity