2006 Annual Report 4d.Progress report. This report serves to document research conducted under a specific cooperative agreement between ARS and the Montana State University , Bozeman. Additional details of research can be found in the report for the parent project, 5366-21000-024-00D, "Barley and Oat Germplasm Evaluation and Enhancement." This project was only recently initiated. A conference call was made between the laboratories involved and the first steps for this work will include identifying elite barley lines into which stripe rust resistance QTL’s will be introgressed.