Abstract: This paper reviewed the categories and mechanisms of the disease-controlling-elicitors, which are applied on the processing of harvested agricultural products. The elicitors discussed here included salicylic acid（SA）, jasmonates（JAs）, NO, chitosan, benzothiadiazole（BTH）and Harpin protein. The current problems and future potential applications of these elicitors were also discussed.

Key words: elicitors, induced disease resistance, postharvest disease