  The cross section for the process e+e- --> omega pi0 --> pi0 pi0 gamma has
been measured in the energy range 1.05--2.00 GeV. The experiment has been
performed at the e+e- collider VEPP-2000 with the SND detector. The measured
e+e- --> omega pi0 cross section above 1.4 GeV is the most accurate to date.
Below 1.4 GeV our data are in good agreement with the previous SND and CMD-2
measurements. Data on the e+e- --> omega pi0 cross section are well described
by the VMD model with two excited rho-like states. From the measured cross
section we have extracted the gamma^* --> omega pi0 transition form factor. It
has been found that the VDM model cannot describe simultaneously our data and
data obtained from the omega --> pi0 mu+ mu- decay. We have also tested CVC
hypothesis comparing our results on the e+e- --> omega pi0 cross section with
data on the tau- --> omega pi- nu_{tau} decay.

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