‘Taokui 1’ is the new edible sunflower variety bred by the Arid Land Agriculture Re-search Center,Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Jilin Province.After many years ‘experiments’, ‘Taokui 1’ shows superior characteristics,such as big grain,high yield,moderate period of duration,dis-ease-resistant and the wide suitability. ‘Taokui 1’,which is the bigger grain edible sunflower at present,has very high value to be widespread.