Question

why did Mendel chose Garden before the experiments write two reasons

Answer 1

1. pea plant had a number of clear cut differences which were easy to tell apart.
2. life period of pea plant is short

Answer 2

. Normally pea plant was self-fertilizing, because petals enclose the reproductive organs till fertilization.

The self fertilization through many generations helps in easily obtaining the pure line with constant trait in pea plants.2. The pea plant was easy to cultivate and from one generation to next took only a single growing season (annual).

3. Peas had many sharply defined inherited characters. Thus they possess many desirable features.

4. The cross pollination and fertilization can also be achieved easily.

5. The flowers are bisexual and hermaphrodite.