Question

why Mendel was unrecognized on his pea plant research​

Answer 1

Why Mendel was unrecognized on his pea plant research?

Because they had easily observable traits there were 7 of which he could manipulate.

Mendel planned to selectively cross pollinate the peas with one another to study the traits passed on and the results from each pollination

Answer 2

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Mendel's contemporaries failed to recognize the the importance of his work because his findings went against prevailing (popular) ideas about inheritance. In the mid-1800s, when Mendel was doing his experiments, most biologists subscribed to the idea of blending inheritance.