ABSTRACT
The Soybean Insect Research Information Center (SIRIC) is a computerized information and retrieval system for the world-wide literature of arthropods associated with soybean. SIRIC is a component of a broad soybean entomology information data base. A systems approach to pest management in soybeans places an emphasis on understanding all pests within the soybean agroecosystem. Dynamics of insect pests must be understood at various levels of spatial and temporal resolution. The fungicide benomyl is applied to huge acreages of soybeans for control of fungal pathogens. It adversely affects populations of entomopathogenic fungi that are important natural control agents of lepidopterous pests. Microorganisms which cause disease could be effectively and safely used to control insect pests of soybeans. Most of the insect pests have at least one pathogen attacking them and some pests have several. Soybean mosaic virus occurs wherever soybeans are grown and, from a global perspective, is probably the most common and important virus attacking soybeans.
