Mendel selected a pea plant for his experiments. Mention the reasons for the selection of these plants.

Explanation

Mendel selected pea plant for his experiments, because
1. Pea plants have short life cycle.
2. they exhibit seven pairs of contrasting characters which are easily recongizable
3 . Hybrids and their offspring are fertile that is continuous cross and self fertilizations were possible.
4. Pea plants can be self pollinated and cross pollinated.
5. These plants are easy to grow either on the ground or its pots.
6. these plats have short maturity and can produced large number of seeds in a single generation