Some Detrimental Effects of El Niño Drought
Dr Abe V Rotor
Seedlings of Ilang-ilang (Cananga odorata) and Sweet Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) wilt under the punishing sun, exacerbated by the heat evolved by the concrete pavement. Daily watering is needed in the morning and afternoon.
Malunggay trees (Moringa oleifera) appear to withstand the current drought and excessive picking of their leaves by passersby. Their trunks have been cut into stumps to give way to street lighting and cable installation.
Kamote (Ipomea batatas) is predisposed to Sweet Potato weevil (Cylas formicarius)
under extreme heat. The pest renders the tubers totally unfit to human and animal consumption.
Anahaw (Livistona rotundifolia) becomes an alternate host of Rhinocerus Beetle (Oryctes rhinocerus) in the absence of its regular host - coconut. The pest has been emboldened by continuous and heavy spraying of vegetables and other crops in the area.
Used plastic sacks left in the farm to "decay" under direct sunlight and continuous irrigation disintegrate into microplastic which is deleterious to health and the environment.
Brooding hen finds refuge to hatch her eggs inside a broken jar (burnay Ilk) while outside temperature is unbearable.
Talisay (Terminalia catappa) barely retains its leaves, while a Camachile tree (Pitecolobium dulce) succumbs to the El Niño phenomenon, the worst in many years this current year 2024.
Acacia trees (Samanea saman} now skeletons in the sky, and a new beginning and resolve with the young generation led by co-ed Angie Tobias. ~
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