The Perspectives of Induced Resistance in Brinjal against Phomopsis vexans Causing Phomopsis Blight: A Review SHUJA AHMED, SHASHIKANT SHARMA, ADESH KUMAR* ADARSH SHARMA AND TAMMANA RANA Department of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India ABSTRACT Phomopsis blight is one of the major growth and yield-limiting factors for brinjal production caused by Phomopsis vexans. It is a devastating disease that affects the production and quality of brinjal by 40–70% and makes brinjal fruits non- commercial and inedible, negatively impacting income generation, nutrition, and health. To cope with the harmful effect of this disease, various cultural, biological and chemical methods have been followed to control this fungal disease extensively. Since the cultural and biological practices have a slow but positive effect, the focus of growers shifted toward chemical control. Although the chemical methods for the management were found most effective and accepted worldwide by the grower, these chemicals have many negative consequences for humans, the environment, soil, and water. It has been observed that improper and heavy use of fungicides also develops resistance to plant pathogens. Hence, there is a strong need for an environment-friendly approach which allows a plant to build resistance. This concept of developing resistance into the plant system is induced resistance. Among the induced resistances is systemic acquired resistance, which works on the principle of the salicylic acid pathway. In contrast, induced systemic resistance works on the principle of the jasmonic acid pathway. This review aims to explain why Phomopsis blight is an economically significant disease of brinjal and provides an extensive discussion on sustainable management strategies compared to the canonical and formal recommendations for the control of the disease. *Corresponding author: E-Mail: adesh.19078@lpu.co.in INTRODUCTION Brinjal, or eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), is a member of the nightshade family and is also considered the “King of vegetables” (Borkakati et al., 2019). It is an essential vegetable in southeast, central and south Asia (Kalloo, 1988). Eggplant is considered native to India and a widely cultivated vegetable in Asian countries. It is also popular in other countries such as Italy, France, Egypt, and the United States (Choudhury and Malda, 1968). China contributes around 56% and India 26% of the total brinjal production globally. Eggplant is valuable in the warm regions of the Far Biopestic. Int.18(1):9-21 (2022) DocID: https://connectjournals.com/02196.2022.18.9 ISSN 0973-483X / e-ISSN 0976-9412 KEY WORDS Acquired resistance Cultural control Environment Integrated disease management Phomopsis blight Phomopsis vexans Systemic resistance How to cite this article: Ahmed, S., Sharma, S., Kumar, A., Sharma, A. and Rana, T. (2022) The Perspectives of Induced Resistance in Brinjal against Phomopsis vexans Causing Phomopsis Blight: A Review. Biopestic. Int., 18, 9–21.