Question

Mention one reason why Mendel selected garden pea for his experiments.

Answer 1

Mendel is known as the father of modern genetics because of his genetic experiments with pea (Pisum sativum).

Reasons for the selection of pea plants for the genetic experiments are:-

1. Easy to grow in the garden.
2. Easy to obtain pure breed plants through self-fertilization because of having bisexual characteristics.
3. The generation time of pea plants is less and it has excellent disease resistance.