New Rice Herbicide launched

MANILA, Philippines - Leads Agricultural Products Corp. recently launched Zeta One, the newest rice herbicide in the market today. Zeta One offers superior weed control, is gentle, efficient, economical and  needs only one application during  the course of the rice planting season. Zeta One is a proprietary product of Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd., and is duly registered with the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (under the Department of Agriculture). Present during the launch were ( from left): Hisayuki Hoshi, Asia Pacific team manager, Sumitomo Chemical Co. Pte Ltd; Fernando B. Malveda, president and CEO, Leads Agricultural Products Corp.; Kimitoshi Umeda, general manager, Marketing Department, Crop Protection Division International, Sumitomo International; Lawrence Yu, regional head of Health and Crop Sciences Sector for South Asia Pacific, Sumitomo Chemical Co. Pte Ltd and David Lobo – general manager, Crop Protection Division of Sumitomo Chemical Pte Ltd Singapore.