An experiment of an incomplete-diallel design with 6 male- terile lines crossed to 5 restorer lines was conducted to study the inheritance of husk content in sunflowers.The statistical analysis of all possible F2 hybrids,and some of the F2S and backcrossed genera- tions showed that husk content was a quantitatively-inherited trait, in whose expression additive gene effect played an essential part。The heritability for husk content was high,indicating this trait could ef- fectively be screened in early generations.The husk contents of both parents can determine those of F1 hybrids and the parental differences in husk content will also influence the genetic variability of F2 gene- ration to the character.In sunflower breeding programs,it is impor- tant that one of the parents be thinhusked to lower the husk content of F1 generation.