Elite asparagus hybrids derived from breeding have been recognized by growers to be superior to open pollinated hybrids.These elite hybrids can possess attributes that include all-maleness, higher yield, good disease resistance, good spear quality, good uniformity, and longer life span.In contrast, open pollinated hybrids typically are of lower quality and wide variation among the hybrid population.As such, asparagus growers prefer to plant quality clonai hybrids.Tissue culture is being used to cionaily propagate the asparagus parents for hybrid seed production.Typically, the process involves initiation of parent clones from meristems, which later will develop into plantlets.