Mohan Lal

Summary

Dr. Mohan Lal is a Principal Scientist, Plant Breeding and Genetics at CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, Assam, India, and Associate Professor in Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, India. He is a recipient of prestigious Dr E.R. Ekbote award and has published more than 135 research articles and 36 book chapters. So far, his research has a citation of 3071 with h-index 29and i10 index 64 . His area of expertise includes genetic improvement and varietal development of medicinal and aromatic plants including the essential oil, biological activities and phytochemical analysis. His research has led to the identification and development of 27 registered elite high yielding varieties of medicinal and aromatic plants including Floriculture crops. Additionally, he has also guided and completed six PhDs; currently, six students are doing their Ph.Ds under his supervision in the area of plant genetic resources and development of new high yielding varieties. Dr. Lal is the Chief Editor of Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants (Taylor and Francis) and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Genetics (Plant Genomics) and Frontiers of Plant Science (Plant Breeding ). He has also previously worked in The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Mexico in maize breeding programme. Apart from the breeding and development of Maize, he has also worked on Wheat, Cotton, Barley etc. Currently, he is the Project Investigator of five ongoing projects funded by different organizations, as well as industry sponsored.

Agricultural Science Biodiversity Biotechnology Genetics Microbiology Molecular Biology Plant Science