2006 Annual Report 4d.Progress report. This report serves to document research conducted under a Specific Cooperative Agreement between the Southern Insect Management Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS, and the Mississippi State University. Additional details of the research can be found in the report for the inhouse project 0500-00044-013-00D, Area-Wide Pest Management of the Tarnished Plant Bug in Cotton in Absence of the Boll Weevil. The objective of this cooperative agreement is to improve management strategies for tarnished plant bugs and stink bugs in cotton. The cooperator has visited scientists at the Southern Insect Management Research Unit numerous times to develop a research plan to address relevant questions surrounding management of these pests. Field cage studies are currently being conducted to determine injury and subsequent yield losses for these insects. Due to the early stages of these experiments, no results have been obtained at this point. In addition to management questions, the cooperator is working closely with ARS, Southern Insect Management Research Unit to monitor tarnished plant bug susceptibility to commonly used insecticides. Based on the first year of testing, sufficient variability in tarnished plant bug susceptibility to organophosphates and pyrethroids exists throughout Mississippi to expect control problems in some locations.