A student is conducting a breeding experiment. She knows the genotype of one parent plant and concludes that she can use a Punnett square to predict the outcome of crossing the plant with another plant. Which statement best explains why this conclusion is incorrect?

a. She needs to know the phenotypes of the previous plant generation.
b. She needs to know the phenotype of the first plant.
c. She needs to know the genotypes of the previous plant generation.
d. She needs to know the genotype of the second plant.