Shri Mohan Jain

Prof. Dr. Shri Mohan Jain is an Indian-born plant biotechnology scientist. He worked several years for the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. He has done research on genetically modified food, mutation breeding, ornamental plants, date palm, and tropical fruits, such as banana. He has edited 44 internationally sold books.

He was listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World 13th edition, 1996 and Who's Who in Science & Engineering, 4th edition, 1997.

Dr. Jain completed his bachelor's degree at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University in Hisar, Haryana, India (1966-1970). After that he continued his studies to receive a Master of Science from the Genetics department at the G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in Pantnagar, Nainital, India (1970-1972).

In 1972 he started his studies in Master of Philosophy in Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India and finally completed his studies with Ph.D from the same university in 1978.

Shri Mohan Jain researching date palm in Kuwait in 2013.

Dr. Jain's research interests include Date palm, Arbequina, and Bananas and plantains in order to make a more stable and profitable crop by innovative approaches and conventional breeding. Other significant research areas are potato and ornamental plant, such as rose, begonia, orchids, Saintpaulia, and Brassica.

Books

1. Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants- Historical, biochemical, molecular and applications, Vol 1, 1995. S.M. Jain, P.K. Gupta and R.J. Newton (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
2. Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants-angiosperms, Vol 2, 1995. S.M. Jain, P.K. Gupta, and R.J. Newton (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
3. Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants-gymnosperms, Vol 3, 1995. S.M. Jain, P.K. Gupta and R.J. Newton (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
4. In Vitro Haploid Production in Higher Plants, Vol 1-fundamental aspects and methodology. 1996. S. M. Jain, S.K. Sopory, and R.E. Veilleux (Eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
5. In Vitro Haploid Production in Higher Plants, Vol 2 –applications.1996. S. M. Jain, S.K. Sopory, and R.E. Veilleux (Eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands..
6. In Vitro Haploid Production in Higher Plants, Vol 3-important selected plants. 1996. S.M. Jain, S.K. Sopory, and R.E. Veilleux (Eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
7. In Vitro Haploid Production in Higher Plants, Vol 4-cereals. 1996. S.M. Jain, S.K. Sopory, and R.E. Veilleux (Eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
8. In Vitro Haploid Production in Higher Plants, Vol 5-oil, ornamental and miscellaneous plants. 1996. S.M. Jain, S.K. Sopory and R.E. Veilleux (Eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
9. Somaclonal Variation and Induced Mutations in Crop Improvement. 1998 S. M. Jain, D.S. Brar and B.S. Ahloowalia (Eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands..
10. Somatic embryogenesis in woody plants, Vol 4. S.M. Jain P.K. Gupta and R.J. Newton (eds.), 1999. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
11. Somatic embryogenesis in woody plants, Vol 5. S.M. Jain, P.K. Gupta and R.J. Newton (eds.),1999 Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
12. Somatic embryogenesis in woody plants, Vol. 6. S.M. Jain, P.K. Gupta and R.J. Newton (eds.), 2000. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands
13. Molecular Biology of woody plants. S.M. Jain and S.C. Minocha (eds.), 2000. Volume 1. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
14. Molecular biology of woody plants. S.M.Jain and S.C.Minocha (eds.), 2000. Volume 2. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
15. Crop management and post harvest handling of horticultural products- Quality Management. Ramdane Dris, Raina and S.M.Jain (eds.), Volume 1, 2001. Science Publishers, New Hampshire, USA.
16. Molecular techniques in crop improvement. S. M. Jain, DS Brar and BS Ahloowalia (eds.),2002. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
17. Environment and Crop Production. Ramdane Dris, I.Khan and S.M. Jain (eds.). 2002. Science Publishers, New Hampshire, USA.
18. Plant nutrition-growth and diagnosis. Ramdane Dris, F. H. Abdelaziz and S.M. Jain (eds.), 2002. Science Publishers, New Hampshire, USA.
19. Crop management and post harvest storage and plant nutrition in horticultural crops- Fruits and vegetables. Ramdane Dris, Raina and S.M. Jain (eds.), Volume 2, 2003. Science Publishers, New Hampshire, USA.
20. Crop management and post harvest storage and plant nutrition in horticultural crops- Crop fertilization nutrition and growth. Ramdane Dris, Raina and S.M. Jain (eds.), Vol. 3, 2003. Science Publishers, New Hampshire, USA.
21. Crop management and post harvest storage and plant nutrition in horticultural crops- Diseases and disorders of fruits and vegetables. Ramdane Dris, Raina and S.M. Jain (eds.), Vol. 4, 2004. Science Publishers, New Hampshire, USA.
22. Micropropagation of woody plants and fruits. S.M. Jain and K Ishii (eds.), 2003. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
23. Banana improvement: cellular, molecular and mutagenesis approaches. S.M.Jain and R. Swennen (eds.), 2004 Science Publishers, New Hampshire, USA.
24. Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops- Preharvest Practices. R. Dris, and S.M. Jain (eds.). 2004.Kluwer.
25. Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops-Plant Mineral Nutrition and Pesticide Management. R. Dris, and SM. Jain. (eds.). 2004. Kluwer.
26. Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops-Quality Handling and Evaluation. R. Dris, and SM. Jain. (eds.). 2004. Kluwer.
27. Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops-Postharvest Treatment and Technology. R. Dris and SM. Jain. (eds.). 2004. Kluwer.
28. Protocols of somatic embryogenesis in woody plants. S M. Jain and Pramod Gupta (Eds.), 2005. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 9789048167593
29. Advances in Molecular Breeding towards Drought and Salt Tolerant Crops. M.A. Jenks, P.M. Hasegawa, and S.M. Jain (Eds.) 2007, Springer, SBN 978-1-4020-5578-2
30. Protocols for micropropagation of woody and fruit trees. S.M. Jain and H. Haggman (Eds.) 2007, Springer
31. Haploid breeding – Alisher, Forster and Mohan Jain (Eds.). 2009, Springer
32. Protocols for micropropagation and secondary metabolite analysis of medicinal plants. SM Jain and PK Saxena (Editors), 2009 Humana Press (Springer).
33. Breeding of neglected and under-utilized crops, spices and herbs. S. Ochatt and S. M. Jain (Eds.). 2009 Science Publishers, New Hampshire, USA.
34. Breeding of Plantation crops. Vol.1, M. Priyadarshan and S.M. Jain (Eds.) 2009 Springer
35. Breeding of Plantation crops. Vol.2, M. Priyadarshan and S.M. Jain (Eds.) 2009 Springer
36. Protocols for micropropagation of ornamental plants – SM Jain and Sergio Ochatt. 2009. Humana Press (Springer).
37. Molecular techniques in crop improvement. S. M. Jain and DS Brar (eds.), 2nd edition, 2010, Springer, ISBN 9789400795006
38. Date palm biotechnology, SM Jain, J.A. Al-Khayri, D.J. Johnson (Eds.). 2011 SPRINGER ISBN 9789400713178
39. Protocols for micropropagation of selected economically-important horticultural plants, Vol.1 - Maurizio Lambardi, E. Aylin Ozudogru, S. Mohan Jain (editors) 2012. SPRINGER. ISBN 9781617796739
40. Al-Khayri, J.M., M.F. Abdullah, AM Al-Bahrany. 2014. Arabic translation of the Date Palm Biotechnology, Springer 2011 edited by S.M. Jain, J.M. Al-Khayri, D.V. Johnson. King Faisal University Press, Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia.
41. Biotechnology of neglected and underutilized crops- SM Jain and SK Dutta Gupta, editors, 2012, SPRINGER. ISBN 9789400754997
42. Date palm Genetic Resources, Cultivar Assessment, Cultivation Practices and Novel Products, SM Jain et al. editors, 2013 (under preparation).
43. Advances in Plant Breeding, Vol.1 Springer, Al-Khyari, Jain, Johnson (eds), 2013 (under preparation)
44. Advances in Plant Breeding, Vol. 2, Springer, Al-Khyari, Jain, Johnson (eds), 2013, (under preparation)
45. Genetic erosion and biodiversity, Springer, M.R. Ahuja and S. Mohan Jain (eds.), under preparation

Refereed journals

1. Jain, S.M., Sunita Talwar, Sudhir K. Sopory and Sipra Guha Mukherjee. 1978. Effect of light on distribution of peroxidase activity in Zea mays. Z. Pflanzenphysiol. 88:169
2. Binding, H., S.M. Jain, J. Finger, G. Mordhorst, R. Nehls and J. Gressel. 1982. Somatic hybridization of an atrazine resistant biotype of Solanum nigrum and S. tuberosum. I. Clonal variation in morphology and in atrazine sensitivity. Theor. Appl. Genet. 63: 273-277.
3. Jain, S.M., R.J. Newton and N. Tuleen. 1988. Tissue culture and gene transfer in barley. Current Science (India) 57: 59-70.
4. Jain, S. M., R.J. Newton, and E.J. Soltes. 1988. Induction of adventitious buds and plantlet regeneration in Pinus sylvestris L. Current Science (India) 57: 677-679.
5. Jain, S.M., E.A. Shahin and Sam Sun. 1988. Interspecific protoplast fusion for the transfer of atrazine resistance from Solanum nigrum to tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.). Plant Cell, Tissue and Org. Cult. 12: 189-192.
6. Jain, S.M. and R.J. Newton. 1989. Evaluation of protoclonal variation versus chemically induced mutagenesis in Brassica napus L. Current Sci. 58: 176-180.
7. Jain, S.M., E.J. Soltes and R.J. Newton. 1988. Enhancement of somatic embryogenesis in Norway spruce (Picea abies L.). Theor. Appl. Genet. 76:501- 506.
8. Jain, S.M., N. Dong and R.J. Newton. 1989. Somatic embryogenesis in slash pine (Pinus elliottii) from immature embryo cultures in vitro. Plant Sci. 65: 233-241.
9. Jain, S.M. and R.J. Newton. 1990. Prospects of biotechnology for tea improvement. Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Acad. 56B: 441-448.
10. Jain, S.M., S.C. Das and T.S. Barman. 1991. Induction of roots from regenerated shoots of tea (Camellia sinensis L.). Acta Hort. 289: 339-340.
11. Jain, S.M. and E. Pehu. 1992. The prospects of tissue culture and genetic engineering in strawberry improvement. Acta Agric. Scand., Sec B, Soil & Plant Sci., 42: 133-139.
12. Jain, S.M., C. Oker-Blom, E. Pehu and R.J. Newton. 1992. Genetic engineering: An additional tool for plant improvement. Agric. Sci. Finland 1: 323-338.
13. Jain, S.M. 1993. Studies on somaclonal variation in ornamental plants. Acta Hort. 336: 365-372.
14. Jain, S.M. 1993. Somaclonal variation in Begonia x elatior and Saintpaulia ionantha L. plants. Sci. Hort. 54: 221- 231.
15. Jain, S.M. 1993. Recent advances in plant genetic engineering. Current Sci. 64: 715-74.
16. Jain, S.M., S.C. Das and T.S. Barman. 1993. Enhancement of root induction from in vitro regenerated shoots of tea (Camellia sinensis L.). Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Acad., Sec B 59: 623-628.
17. Jain, S.M., 1997. Somaclonal variation and mutagenesis for crop improvement. In: Maatalouden tutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja, Vol 18, Sirkka Immonen (ed.), pp 122– 133.
18. Jain, S. M., 1997. Micropropagation of selected somaclones of Begonia and Saintpaulia. J. Biosci. 22: 585-592
19. Jain, S.M., 1997. Creation of variability by mutation and tissue culture in improving plants. Acta Hort. 447: 69-77.
20. Alen, K. and S.M. Jain, 1997. In vitro multiplication of Catharanthus roseus. Acta Hort. 447: 167-169.
21. Jain S.M., D. Vitti, M. Tucci, A. Grassotti, E. Rugini and F. Saccardo, 1998. Biotechnology and agronomical aspects in gerbera improvement. Advances in Hort. Sci. 12: 47-53.
22. Jain, S.M., 1998. Induction of somaclonal variation and mutation in developing new improved cultivars. MIIT PUNE J, pp 23–31 (special edition on agriculture).
23. Jain, S. M. and G.J. DeKlerk, 1998. Somaclonal variation: improvement of ornamental plants. Plant Tiss. Cult. & Biotech. 4: 63-75.
24. Thakur, R., J. Gotto, S.M. Jain and K. Ishii. 1999. Monitoring genetic stability in Quercus serrata embryogenesis using RAPD markers. Japanese. J. Forestry 4: 157-160
25. Jain, S.M., 2000. Mechanisms of spontaneous and induced mutations in plants Radiation Res. 2: 255-258.
26. Jain, S.M., B.S. Ahloowalia, G.S. Khush, and L.Zhu. 2001. Plant Genetics For a Better Life-Proceedings of the 18th International Congress, Beijing, China Euphytica 118(2):3-4.
27. Jain, S.M., 2001. Tissue culture-derived variation in crop improvement Euphytica 118: 153-166.
28. Maluszynski, M., B.S. Ahloowalia, K. Nichterlein, S.M. Jain et al. 2001. Mutating genes to meet the challenge for crop improvement and food security. AgBiotechNet: 3:1-5.
29. Newton, R.J., J.C. Bloom, D.H. Bivans and S.M. Jain, 2001. Stable genetic transformation of conifers. Phytomorphology (Golder Jubilee Issue) pp 421–434.
30. Jain, S.M. 2001. In vitro approach for natural and induced biodiversity conservation of forest trees. EFTREN News 34(1): 8-10
31. Jain, S.M. 2001. Genetic modifications of forest trees. EFTREN News 34 (1): 10-12.
32. Jain, S.M., 2002. A review of induction of mutations in fruits of tropical and subtropical regions. Acta Hort. 575: 295-302.
33. Siobhan, M. C., A. Cassells, and S. M. Jain, 2003. Stress and aberrant phenotypes in vitro culture. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 74: 103- 121.
34. Rout, G. and S.M. Jain 2004. Micropropagation of ornamental plants- cut flowers. Propagation of ornamental plants 4 (No.2): 3-28.
35. Jain, S.M. 2005. Major mutation-assisted plant breeding programs supported by FAO/IAEA. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 82: 113-123
36. Jain, S.M. 2006. Book review - Liquid culture systems for in vitro plant propagation. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture, 84: 253-254.
37. Jain, S.M. 2006. Book review- Haploids in crop improvement II. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture, 84: 251.
38. Jain, S. M., M .A. Jenks, G. Rout, and L. J. Radojevic. 2006. Micropropagation of ornamental potted plants. Propagation of ornamental plants 6(2): 67-82
39. Rout, G.R., A. Mohapatra, and S.M. Jain. 2006. Tissue culture of ornamental pot plant: a critical review on present scenario and future prospects. Biotechnology Advances 24: 531-560.
40. Jain, S. M. 2006. Mutation-assisted breeding in ornamental plant improvement. Acta Hort. 714: 85-98
41. Jain, SM. 2007. Biotechnology and mutagenesis in genetic improvement of cassava (Manihot esculenta). Gene Conserve, 6 (23): 329-343.
42. Jain, S. M. 2007. Recent advances in plant tissue culture and mutagenesis. Acta Hort 736:205-211.
43. F. Masmoudi-Allouche, Anissa Chaˆari-Rkhis, Walid Kriaa, Radhia Gargouri-Bouzid, Shri Mohan Jain, and Noureddine Drira. 2009. In vitro hermaphrodism induction in date palm female flower. Plant Cell Rep 28:1–10
44. Jain, S.M. 2010. Mutagenesis in crop improvement under the climate change. Romania Biotech. Letters 15 (2), supplement, 88-106.
45. Jain, S.M. 2010. In vitro mutagenesis for banana (Musa spp.) improvement. Acta Hort. 879: 605-614.
46. Jain, S.M., Ochatt, S.J., Kulkarni, V.M. and Predieri, S. 2010. In vitro culture for mutant development. Acta Hort. 865:59-68
47. Jain, S.M. 2011. Date palm genetic diversity conservation of for sustainable production, Acta Hort. 882:785-791.
48. Jain, S.M. 2011. Prospects of in vitro conservation of date palm genetic diversity for sustainable production. Emirates J Food and Agric 23 (2): 110-119.
49. Jain, S.M. and P. Suprasnna. 2011. Induced mutations for enhancing nutrition and food production. Gene Conservation, 10 (41):201-215.
50. Jain, S.M. 2012. Date palm biotechnology: current status and prospective-an overview. Emirates J Food and Agric. 24 (5). 400-407
51. Jain, S.M. 2012. In vitro mutagenesis for improving date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Emirates J Food and Agric. 24 (5). 386-399.
52. Jameel M. Al-Khayri, Dennis V. Johnson, Nasser S. Al-Khalifah and S. Mohan Jain.2012. Special issue on date palm papers presented at the “Arab Palm Conference 2011”. Emirates J Food and Agric. 24 (5): 1.
53. D. V. Johnson, J. M. Al-Khayri and S. M Jain. 2013. Seedling date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) as genetic resources. Emirates J Food and Agric. 25:809-830
54. J. M. Al-Khayri, S. M. Jain, D. V. Johnson 2013. Date palm current research. Emirates J Food and Agric. 25:1-2 (editorial note).
55. V. Kumar and S. Mohan Jain. 2013. Plants and Algae Species: A Promising Renewable Energy Production Source Emirates J Food and Agric. (submitted)
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