Soybean is considered one of today’s most important crops. Planted on millions of hectares worldwide, the management of soybean pests usually requires large amounts of chemicals. However, a key component to meet the increasing demand for food due to the rapidly growing global population is protecting crops from pests while maintaining environmental quality through ecologically and economically sound integrated pest management (IPM) practices. Not only can IPM result in more profitable agriculture due to the reduction of pest control costs but also assures equitable, secure, sufficient, and stable flows of both food and ecosystem services. Despite those ecological and economic benefits, the vast areas of cultivated soybean as well as the convenience of spraying insecticides are encouraging the adoption of prophylactic pest control as a relatively inexpensive safeguard compared to IPM practices. Thus, in this forum, we discuss the reasons for soybean IPM not reaching its potential. We give examples of how we can revive this once successful pest management program with a focus on experiences in Brazil and the USA. We analyze IPM case studies to illustrate the need for growers to have easy and fast access to IPM information on its medium- and long-term benefits. Overall, this forum highlights the importance of IPM for agricultural sustainability including ecological and financial benefits.

大豆被认为是当今最重要的农作物之一。大豆在全球种植面积达数百万公顷，防治大豆害虫通常需要大量化学品。然而，由于全球人口快速增长，满足日益增长的粮食需求的一个关键组成部分是通过生态和经济上合理的综合害虫管理（IPM）实践来保护农作物免受害虫侵害，同时保持环境质量。 IPM 不仅可以因害虫防治成本的降低而提高农业利润，还可以确保粮食和生态系统服务的公平、安全、充足和稳定的流动。尽管具有这些生态和经济效益，但大豆种植面积的大面积以及喷洒杀虫剂的便利性正在鼓励采用预防性害虫防治，作为与病虫害综合治理做法相比相对便宜的保障措施。因此，在本次论坛中，我们讨论了大豆病虫害综合治理未能发挥其潜力的原因。我们举例说明如何重振这一曾经成功的害虫防治计划，重点关注巴西和美国的经验。我们分析 IPM 案例研究，以说明种植者需要轻松快速地获取有关 IPM 中长期效益的信息。总体而言，本次论坛强调了病虫害综合管理对农业可持续发展（包括生态和经济效益）的重要性。