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Question : Mention the advantages of selecting pea plant for experiment by Mendel. |
| Answer» Solution :Mendel.s selected garden pea plant as a sample due to the following reasons: (i) Pea plants are readily available on large scale and has bisexual cleistogamous flowers. (ii) Pea are self-pollinated and can be cross-pollinated also. (III) These are annual plants with short life cycle. So generation can be studied within a short PERIOD. (IV) Pea plants could be easily raised, MAINTAINED and handled. (v) Pea plants differ in distinct/ contrasting characteristics which provide MANY easily detectable contrasting characters. | |