in the organic plots (Field no. 81) of AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center to monitor the incidences of insect pests on vegetable soybean under organic production systems using the cultivar ‘Kaohsiung 9.’ Insect pests (sucking insects and defoliators) were monitored starting from sowing until harvest at weekly intervals. The pod borer damage was calculated at the time of harvest.