Felix Takim
@unilorin.edu.ng
Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture
University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
Felix Ogar TAKIM is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Ilorin with 15 years of university teaching, research, and administrative experience.
He has served as Head of the Department of Agronomy and Director of Unilorin Sugar Research Institute among others. His areas of research interest cover weed community composition, dynamics, and management in drought-prone environments.
He has to his credit over forty publications in reputable peer-reviewed journals. He has successfully supervised master’s dissertations and PhD theses. Dr Takim is the current National Secretary of the Weed Science Society of Nigeria and a member of many other professional bodies within and outside Nigeria.
EDUCATION
PhD Agronomy (Weed Science)
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Agronomy and Crop Science
Scopus Publications
Scopus Publications
G Z Nayan, F O Takim, C O Aremu, and A A Okunola
IOP Publishing
Abstract A field experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, during the 2018 cropping season. located at latitude 80 9’ 0 N and longitude 50 6’ 0 E of the southern Guinea savannah zone of Nigeria. The experiment was laid as a randomized complete block design with a split-plot arrangement and 3 replications. The main plots were 2 trial sites (Site A and B), sub-plots consisted of intercropping pattern : T1: 2 seeds of maize + 1 vine of sweet potato, T2: 2 seeds of maize / 2 vines of Sweet potato, T3: 2 seeds of maize + 3 vines of sweet potato; T4: sole maize and T5: Sole Sweet Potato. Data collected on weed were estimated using a quadrat (25cm x 25cm) placed randomly at 5 positions within each sub plot at 3, 6, 9 and 12 WAP. All data collected were analyzed with analysis of variance (ANOVA) at P<0.05. Results showed that there was better grain yield of 1.89 t/ha intercrop of maize – sweet potato at ratio 2 : 2 of seeds / hill to vines / stand with better weed suppression and optimum tuber yield of 1.72 t/ha. Actual yield loss in the study was very high in the cropping system 2 seed of maize + 3 vine of sweet potato with -0.85 and in maize weed suppression percentage (%), 2 seed of maize +1 vine of sweet potato highly suppressed weed with 98.2% at 6 weeks after planting (WAP) and it showed 48% weed suppression in 2 seed of maize + 3 vine of sweet potato at 9 weeks after planting (WAP). Sweet potato weed suppression showed highest weed suppression of 37.2% at 3 weeks after planting (WAP) in 2 seed of maize + 2 vines of sweet potato. The highest competitive ratio occur in the cropping system 2 seed of maize + 1vine of sweet potato with 4.06 value. Maize showed the highest lnd equivalent value of 0.79 better than sweet potato and both maize and sweet potato combined had the highest land coverage in 2 seed of maize and 2 vines of sweet potato with 1.19 value. It is concluded from the study that the cropping system of 2 seed of maize + 1 vine of sweet potato gave the high response to weed suppression.
F.O. TAKIM and M.A. SULEIMAN
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT: Sugarcane industries are faced with the challenges of reduced cane yield due to inability to ascertain an appropriate sugarcane planting density. Field trials were conducted at Bacita, southern Guinea savanna of Nigeria to examine appropriate planting density and weed control method that can minimize weed infestation in sugarcane field and give an optimum cane yield to improve the economic status of the sugarcane farming community. The experiment was established as a randomized complete block design in a split-plot arrangement with three replications. The main plot constituted four planting populations (43,200, 64,800, 86,400 and 108,800) plants ha-1 while the sub-plot consisted of six weed control practices (weedy check, pre-emergence application of terbuthylazine at 2.0 kg a.i. ha-1 + three supplementary hoe weeding (SHW), post emergence application of ametryn at 3.0 kg a.i. ha-1 + two SHW., post emergence application of dicamba at 0.5 kg a.i. ha-1 + two SHW., pre emergence application of terbuthylazine at 2.0 kg a.i. ha-1 + post emergence application of 2.4-D at 3.0 kg a.e. ha-1 and monthly hoe weeding). The study revealed that fifteen weed species were encountered as the most prevalent weed species in sugarcane ecology. Plant population of 108,800 plants ha-1 had the lowest weed seedlings population with highest cane yield (216.03 tons ha-1), production efficiency of 9.20% and benefit cost ratio of US$ 9.86 on every US$ 1 spent. This study concludes that, the adoption of 86,400-108,800 plants ha-1 of sugarcane and pre emergence application of terbuthylazine at 2.0 kg a.i. ha-1 + three SHW (for small scale growers) or pre emergence application of Terbuthylazine at 2.0 kg a.i. ha-1 + post emergence application of 2.4-D at 3.0 kg a.e. ha-1 for the commercial estates will minimize weed infestation and make sugarcane cultivation a profitable venture.
R.O. Adereti, F.O Takim, and Y.A. Abayomi
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
An experiment was laid down in a screen house to determine the distribution of weed seeds at different soil depths and periods of cultivation of sugarcane in Ilorin, Nigeria. Soil samples from different depth levels (0-10 cm, 11-20 cm and 21-30 cm) were collected after harvesting of canes from three different land use fields (continuous sugarcane cultivation for > 20 years, continuous sugarcane cultivation for < 10 years after long fallow period and continuous sugarcane cultivation for < 5 years after long fallow period) in November, 2012. One kilogram of the sieved composite soil samples was arranged in the screen house and watered at alternate days. Germinating weed seedlings were identified, counted and then pulled out for the period of 8 months. Land use and soil depth had a highly significant (p £ 0.05) effect on the total number of weeds that emerged from the soil samples. The 010 cm of the soil depth had the highest weed seedlings that emerged. There was an equal weed seed distribution at the 11-20 cm and 21-30 cm depths of the soil. Sugarcane fields which have been continuously cultivated for a long period of time with highly disturbing soil tillage practices tend to have larger seed banks in deeper soil layers (11-20 cm and 21-30 cm) while recently opened fields had significantly larger seed banks at the 0-10 cm soil sampling depth.
F. Takim
Akademiai Kiado Zrt.
Field studies were conducted in 2010 and 2011 at the Teaching and Research Farm of the University of Ilorin, Nigeria (9°29′ N, 4°35′ E) to evaluate the effect of early weed competition on the growth and yield of maize. The experiment was designed as a randomized complete block (RCBD) with a split-plot arrangement and three replications. The main plots consisted of three weed control treatments included weedy (no herbicide), grass weeds (pre-emergence atrazine) and broadleaf weeds (pre-emergence metolachlor), while the sub-plots consisted of six durations of weed infestation (3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 weeks after emergence). The pre-emergence herbicides had a greater effect on weed density and weed dry weight. Weed seedling emergence and weed dry weight increased significantly with an increase in the duration of weed interference. The grasses and broadleaf weeds had a similar influence on the growth and grain yield of maize. Three to five weeks of weed interference gave similar grain yields, which were significantly higher than those obtained in plots that had 6-8 weeks of weed interference. These results suggest that the maize crop must be kept free of weeds for 6-8 weeks after the application of pre-emergence herbicide to minimize weed-crop competition and harvest a good grain yield.