2007 Annual Report 1a.Objectives (from AD-416) Grass species are integral to U.S. future plans for sustainable food and biofuels development. To meet anticipated demands, it is necessary to fully apply all modern technologies to these grasses. This project will develop and coordinate genomic and bioinformatic technologies and protocols to grass food and biofuels crops, and will make these resources available to all U.S. researchers and other relevant sectors. 1b.Approach (from AD-416) 1) Contribute to the maintenance and development of databases and electronic resources for important data sources to include information on genetics, germplasms, and genomics of wheat, barley, rye, oats, switchgrass, Brachypodium, and related species.. 2)Develop software tools for processing of data.. 3)Collaborate in the development and distribution of molecular markers, maps, and other resources.. 4)Collaborate with other bioinformatics projects to enhance the availability and interconnectedness of all relevant data. Replaces 5325-21000-010-01S. Documents SCA with UC Davis. BSL-1; August 2006. 3.Progress Report This report serves to document research conducted under a specific cooperative agreement between the ARS and the University of California, Davis and is a continuation of 5325-21000-010-01S. Additional details of research can be found in the report for the parent CRIS 5325-21000-010-00D, Database and Bioinformatic Resources for Small Grains Research and Crop Improvement. The cooperative agreement continues to facilitate the coordination of data accumulation from laboratory sites worldwide. The agreement is successfully managing the web site and databases for the US Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative - a U.S. effort to combat the devastating disease of fusarium head blight of the small grains crops. The agreement has collaborated in the organization and operations of several wheat genomics projects, and has evaluated and included in publicly available database resources maintained and developed by the parent project. This subordinate project has contributed computer scripts and data formatting for the parent project, the creation of curational tools for the parent project database, and further enhancements of the parent relational database structure. In addition, activities have included collaboration in the physical mapping of wheat and Brachypodium genomes, using large-insert library resources and design and analysis of microarrays for wheat functional genomics research. Project progress is monitored by meetings, conference calls, site visits, e-mails and phone calls on a regular basis.