A polynucleotide comprising i) an expression control sequence which allows for specific expression in the whole seed of a monocotyledonous plant of a nucleic acid of interest being operatively linked thereto in plants, said expression control sequence being selected from the group consisting of: (a) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 3; (b) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which is at least 80% identical to a nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; (c) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes under stringent conditions to a nucleic acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; (d) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes to a nucleic acid sequence located upstream of an open reading frame sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 4; (e) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes to a nucleic acid sequence located upstream of an open reading frame sequence encoding an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5; (f) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes to a nucleic acid sequence located upstream of an open reading frame sequence being at least 80% identical to an open reading frame sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4, wherein the open reading frame encodes a seed protein; and (g) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes to a nucleic acid sequence located upstream of an open reading frame encoding an amino acid sequence being at least 80% identical to an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5, wherein the open reading frame encodes a seed protein; and ii) at least one nucleic acid of interest being operatively linked to the expression control sequence. i) an expression control sequence which allows for specific expression in the whole seed of a monocotyledonous plant of a nucleic acid of interest being operatively linked thereto in plants, said expression control sequence being selected from the group consisting of: (a) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 3; (b) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which is at least 80% identical to a nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; (c) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes under stringent conditions to a nucleic acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; (d) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes to a nucleic acid sequence located upstream of an open reading frame sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 4; (e) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes to a nucleic acid sequence located upstream of an open reading frame sequence encoding an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5; (f) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes to a nucleic acid sequence located upstream of an open reading frame sequence being at least 80% identical to an open reading frame sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4, wherein the open reading frame encodes a seed protein; and (g) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes to a nucleic acid sequence located upstream of an open reading frame encoding an amino acid sequence being at least 80% identical to an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5, wherein the open reading frame encodes a seed protein; and (a) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 3; (b) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which is at least 80% identical to a nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; (c) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes under stringent conditions to a nucleic acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; (d) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes to a nucleic acid sequence located upstream of an open reading frame sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 4; (e) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes to a nucleic acid sequence located upstream of an open reading frame sequence encoding an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5; (f) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes to a nucleic acid sequence located upstream of an open reading frame sequence being at least 80% identical to an open reading frame sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4, wherein the open reading frame encodes a seed protein; and (g) an expression control sequence having a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes to a nucleic acid sequence located upstream of an open reading frame encoding an amino acid sequence being at least 80% identical to an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5, wherein the open reading frame encodes a seed protein; ii) at least one nucleic acid of interest being operatively linked to the expression control sequence.