2003 Annual Report 4.What were the most significant accomplishments this past year? This is a new specific cooperative agreement between the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Arizona Cotton Research and Protection Council that was approved on 6/18/2003, and the agreement process is pending. It will be associated with the parent project 6435-42000-018-00D, "Adaptation and Divergence Among Aflatoxin-Producing Fungi and Optimized Use of Atoxigenic Strains." This project replaces the expired project 6435-42000-018-04S.