10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 4 Issue 4 2013 (October - December) Crude cell wall elicitors (CWE) extracted from avirulent strain of lessThan i greaterThan Colletotrichum capsici lessThan /i greaterThan isolate UOM-18 was evaluated for the induction of systemic resistance against chilli anthracnose disease. Crude cell wall elicitors did not inhibit the growth of lessThan i greaterThan C. capsici lessThan /i greaterThan under lessThan i greaterThan in vitro lessThan /i greaterThan conditions. Foliar application of CWE to chilli seedlings elevated the level of Hydrogen peroxide (H lessThan sub greaterThan 2 lessThan /sub greaterThan O lessThan sub greaterThan 2 lessThan /sub greaterThan ), phenolic compound, defence related enzymes and disease protection under greenhouse conditions. In Native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) analysis, isoforms of Peroxidase (POX) and Lipoxygenase (LOX) remained unchanged, expressivity of these defense enzymes was higher in treated seedlings. Similar kind of higher expressivity of Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) was recorded in treated seedlings along with an additional isoform, PPO 2. Increased activity of defense related enzyme in treated seedlings is correlated to the decreased levels of anthracnose incidence. From the results obtained, it was confirmed that the CWE is a potential inducer of systemic resistance in chilli seedlings against lessThan i greaterThan C. capsici lessThan /i greaterThan infection. NAVEEN JAYAPAL, HARIPRASAD PUTTASWAMY, NAVYA HULIKUNTE MALLIKARJUNAIAHAND NIRANJANA SIDDAPURA RAMACHANDRAPPA Anthracnose, Colletotrichum capsici, cell wall elicitor, defence related enzymes 304-314