TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - BIOTECHNOLOGY - Preferred Sequences: The regulatory polynucleotide molecule is a promoter. The regulatory polynucleotide molecule is selected from any of the 18 defined sequences of 271-2000 bp (SEQ ID NOS: 1-18), given in the specification. The regulatory polynucleotide molecule comprises a nucleic acid sequence that hybridizes under stringent conditions with a sequence selected from SEQ ID NOS: 1-18, or its complement, fragment, or cis element. The regulatory polynucleotide molecule, or its complement, fragment, or cis element, comprises a nucleic acid sequence, where the nucleic acid sequence exhibits an 80-90% or greater identity to a sequence selected from SEQ ID NOS: 1-18. Preferred Construct: The transcribable polynucleotide molecule is a gene of agronomic interest. The transcribable polynucleotide molecule is a gene controlling the phenotype of a trait selected from herbicide tolerance, insect control, modified yield, fungal disease resistance, virus resistance, nematode resistance, bacterial disease resistance, plant growth and development, starch production, modified oils production, high oil production, modified fatty acid content, high protein production, fruit ripening, enhanced animal and human nutrition, biopolymers, environmental stress resistance, pharmaceutical peptides and secretable peptides, improved processing traits, improved digestibility, enzyme production, flavor, nitrogen fixation, hybrid seed production, fiber production, or biofuel production. The herbicide tolerance gene is selected from the genes that encode for: phosphinothricin acetyltransferase, glyphosate resistant 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS), hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dehydrogenase, dalapon dehalogenase, bromoxynil resistant nitrilase, anthranilate synthase, glyphosate oxidoreductase, or glyphosate-N-acetyl transferase. Preferred Plant: The plant is a monocotyledonous plant selected from wheat, maize, rye, rice, corn, oat, barley, turfgrass, sorghum, millet, or sugarcane. The plant is a dicotyledonous plant selected from tobacco, tomato, potato, soybean, cotton, canola, sunflower, or alfalfa. SPECIFIC SEQUENCES - The rice MTH promoter comprises any of the 18 defined sequences of 271-2000 bp (SEQ ID NOS: 1-18), given in the specification.    EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.