Initiatives to reduce the reliance of agriculture on pesticides, including the European Union (EU) Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides (SUD), have yet to lead to widespread implementation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) principles. Developments in weed management have strongly focused on increasing the efficiency of herbicides or substituting herbicides with other single tactics such as mechanical control. To increase sustainability of agricultural systems in practice, a paradigm shift in weed management is needed: from a single tactic and single growing season approach towards holistic integrated weed management (IWM) considering more than a single cropping season and focusing on management of weed communities, rather than on control of single species. To support this transition, an IWM framework for implementing a system level approach is presented. The framework consists of five pillars: diverse cropping systems, cultivar choice and establishment, field and soil management, direct control and the cross-cutting pillar monitoring and evaluation. IWM is an integral part of integrated pest management (IPM) and adopting IWM will serve as a driver for the development of sustainable agricultural systems of the future.

减少农业对农药依赖的举措，包括欧盟 (EU) 关于农药可持续使用 (SUD) 的指令 2009/128/EC，尚未导致虫害综合管理 (IPM) 原则的广泛实施。杂草管理的发展主要集中在提高除草剂的效率或用其他单一策略（如机械控制）替代除草剂。为了在实践中提高农业系统的可持续性，需要对杂草管理进行范式转变：从单一策略和单一生长季节方法转向综合综合杂草管理 (IWM)，考虑多个种植季节并专注于杂草群落的管理，而不是控制单一物种。为了支持这一转变，介绍了用于实施系统级方法的 IWM 框架。该框架由五个支柱组成：多样化的种植系统、栽培品种选择和建立、田间和土壤管理、直接控制和跨领域支柱监测和评估。IWM 是综合虫害管理 (IPM) 的一个组成部分，采用 IWM 将成为未来可持续农业系统发展的驱动力。