Biography

Shri Mohan Jain is Plant Biotechnologist, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. He received M. Phil, 1973 and Ph.D., 1978, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He was postdoctoral fellow in Israel, and USA; visiting Professor in Japan and Italy; Technical officer, Plant Breeding and Genetics, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, 1999-2005. He is a member on editorial board of Euphytica, In Vitro, Propagation of Ornamental Plants, Emirates J. Food and Agriculture; reviewer in Plant Cell Reports, Mutation Research, and Plant Cell Tissue Organ Culture. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize, 2005 in commemoration the awarding to International Atomic Energy Agency of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005; also a consultant to IAEA, European Union, and the Egyptian Government.

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Research Interest

Mohan Jain's Research interests include Agricultural biotechnology - Plant Genetics, Mutant analysis, Micropropagation, Biodiversity Conservation , Mutation breeding Biiotechnology