In his study of pea plants, Gregor Mendel used which method to produce offspring?

Mendel controlled reproduction by transferring pollen from one pea plant to another, a process called cross-pollination. He often chose parent plants with contrasting traits, such as tall and short plants, so he could observe how those traits appeared in their offspring. Therefore, the correct choice is cross-pollination using parents that had different traits.

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