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{{Infobox scientist<br />
|name = Shri Mohan Jain<br />
|image = Dr. Shri Mohan Jain.jpg<br />
|caption = Dr. Shri Mohan Jain<br />
|birth_date = 5 December 1949<br />
|birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
|residence = [[Sipoo]], [[Finland]]<br />
|fields = [[Plant breeding]], [[Genetics]], [[Mutation]], [[Biotechnology]], [[Rural development]], [[Conservation genetics]]<br />
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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 agriculture|tropical fruit]], such as [[banana]]. He has edited 44 internationally sold books.<br />
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He was listed in [[Marquis Who's Who]] in the World 13th edition, 1996 and Who's Who in Science & Engineering, 4th edition, 1997.<br />
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==Education==<br />
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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).<br />
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In 1972 he started his studies in Master of Philosophy in [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]] in New Delhi, [[India]] and finally completed his studies with PhD from the same university in 1978.<br />
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==Research areas==<br />
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[[File:Shri Mohan Jain researching date palm in Kuwait in 2013..jpg|thumb|Shri Mohan Jain researching date palm in [[Kuwait]] in 2013.]]<br />
Dr. Jain's research interests include [[Date palm]], [[Arbequina]], and Bananas and plantains to make a more stable and profitable crop by innovative approaches and conventional breeding. Other significant research areas are [[potato]] and ornamental plants, such as [[rose]], [[begonia]], [[orchids]], [[Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia|African violets]], and [[brassica]]s.<br />
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==References==<br />
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* Shri Mohan Jain; P. M. Priyadarshan (1 January 2009), Breeding Plantation Tree Crops: Tropical Species, Springer {{ISBN|978-0-387-71201-7}}<br />
* [[Who's Who]] in the World 13th edition, 1996, {{ISBN|978-0837911151}}<br />
* IAEA Plant Breeding and Genetics Newsletter July 2005, p.&nbsp;2, http://www-naweb.iaea.org/nafa/pbg/public/pb-nl-15.pdf<br />
* https://tuhat.halvi.helsinki.fi/portal/en/persons/shri-mohan-jain(25de45e5-9d06-40cf-9fc0-5f24952225a4).html<br />
* http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/ae216e/ae216e02.htm<br />
* https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shri_Jain<br />
* http://www.geneconserve.pro.br/site/pags/editorial-board3.php?id=24<br />
* https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267735656_httpejfa.infoindex.phpejfaissueview611showToc<br />
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==External links==<br />
*http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/shri-mohan-jain<br />
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