Mendel conducted his hybridisation experiments on:
AGarden pea
BGarden rue
CGarden sage
DGarden mint
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Garden pea
1. Mendel needed a plant with clear contrasting traits.
2. Gregor Mendel conducted hybridisation experiments on garden peas.
3. So the correct answer is garden pea.
_Source: syllabus Biology, Ch 5 'Principles of Inheritance and Variation'_
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