Effect of Sulphur Foliar Application on Yield and Grain Quality of Selected Malting Barley Varieties

The aim of the experiment was to assess the influence of foliar application of sulphur on grain yield, N-substances and sulphur content in the grain. The content of dimethylsulphide (DMS) and its precursors (PDMS) of malt were determined. The study was performed in the form of a small-plot field trial between the years of 2010 and 2012, at a field trial station in Žabčice (South Moravia). Three malting barley varieties for the production of Czech beer (Aksamit, Bojos and Radegast) and three malting barley varieties for the production of export beer (Prestige, Jersey and Sebastian) were tested in that period. Sulphur (8 kg S per ha) was applied on leaves in the form of a suspension of micronized elementary sulphur with bentonite in stem elongation – first node (BBCH 31) and before end of heading (BBCH 57) of growth stages. Sulphur fertilization in both vegetation phases increased significantly grain yield and the most significant increase was detected after the application in BBCH 57. On the other hand, there was no accumulation of sulphur in the grain nor an increase in N‑substances content. Sulphur fertilization did not increase DMS and PDMS content of malt as well.

Two-Step Synthesis of Tungsten and Molybdenum Disulfides

Efficient two-step technique of tungsten and molybdenum disulfides obtaining from metal nanopowders produced by EEW and elementary sulphur is described. Tungsten and molybdenum nanopowders surface area dependence on wire length is studied. Features of metal and sulphur combustion process are discussed. It is determined sulphur excess in reagents 15 wt.% results in mono-phase metal disulfide formation with small free sulphur concentration in reaction products.

Formation of WS2/MoS2 Particles with Nanoscale Layers for Multipurpose Application

Multipurpose tungsten and molybdenum disulfides with nanoscale layered structure formation are studied. Morphology and particle size distribution of initial tungsten and molybdenum nanopowders produced by electrical explosion of wire and used in metal disulfides synthesis are presented. Mechanism of metal nanopowder and elementary sulphur interaction in SHS condition with WS2/MoS2 nanoscale layered particles formation is considered.

Study of Tungsten and Molybdenum Nanopowders Interaction with Sulphur in SHS Conditions and Synthesized Product Properties

X-ray and transmission electron microscopy results of initial tungsten and molybdenum nanopowders produced by electrical explosion of wire and used in metal sulfides synthesis is presented. Sulphur excess effect on metal nanopowders combustion with elementary sulphur and phase composition of products is studied. Tungsten and molybdenum disulfides obtained by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis under argon pressure 3 MPa and sulphur excess 15 wt. % in initial mixture are crystallized in layered aggregates with layer thickness 20-30 nm.

The effect of selected factors of production on yields and contents of N-substances in malt barley grain

The objective of the three-year small-plot trial was to assess the effect of the weather of the year, forecrop, variety, form of sulphur (elementary and sulphate) and additional nitrogen fertilising on the yields and the content of N-substances of the malt barley varieties Jersey and Sebastian. The trial was carried out in 2006–2008 at the experimental site of the Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, the Žabčice locality. The Jersey and Sebastian varieties were grown after three different forecrops – winter wheat with ploughed down straw, sugar beet with ploughed down tops and maize for grain with ploughed down straw. The fertilising treatments differed in the form of sulphur (elementary and sulphate) and date of the additional nitrogen fertilising. As the sulphate form we chose ammonium sulphate (40 kg . ha−1 N and 45.6 kg . ha−1 S) and the same amount was supplied in the form of elementary sulphur; nitrogen was in the form of urea. A dose of 30 kg . ha−1 of ammonium nitrate with limestone (ANL) was applied as additional nitrogen fertilising. The results show that the weather conditions of the respective years had an almost 94 % effect on yields. The very strong effect of the weather overshadowed the effect of the forecrop (3.8 %); the effect of the variety was only half that of the forecrop (1.8 %). The form of additionally applied sulphur and nitrogen during cultivation had a relatively little effect on the yields (0.2 %). The forecrop affected the content of N‑substances most of all (47.3 %). The quality of barley grain is markedly dependent on the course of the weather of the year (40.1 %); the effect of the variety on the content of N‑substances was relatively low (1.6 %). Applications of various forms of sulphur had a small effect on the grain quality (0.01 %), while the effect on additional nitrogen fertilising on the content of N-substances was 8.5 %.

The reaction of μ-oxo-bis(phthalocyaninato)iron(III) with hydrogen sulphide in the presence of pyridine: Evidence for axial coordination of dichloromethane

The oxo-bridged complex ( py ) FePc - O - FePc ( py ) ( py = pyridine , Pc = phthalocyaninato dianion) reacts in dichloromethane with hydrogen sulphide giving elementary sulphur and the reduced ( py )2( FePc ) complex in the stoichiometric ratio 1:1. Under excess py and H2S , the reaction is first-order and the rate constant at a given py concentration is an increasing function of the reducing agent concentration, with asymptotic tendency to a limiting value. This latter depends on the pyridine concentration being higher the lower is the base concentration. When the reaction is carried out in pure pyridine, the rate constant is, instead, a strictly linear function of [ H2S ], with zero intercept. A reaction mechanism is proposed where the dichloromethane is directly involved in the axial coordination about the iron centers and H2S competes efficiently with both pyridine and solvent.