Seed-Specific Stable Expression of the α-AI1 Inhibitor in Coffee Grains and the Implications for the Development of the Coffee Berry Borer.

Genetic transformation of coffee ( spp.), the second most traded commodity worldwide, is an alternative approach to introducing features that cannot be introgressed by traditional crossings. The transgenic stability, heritability and quantitative and spatial expression patterns of the seed-specific promoter phytohemagglutinin (PHA-L) from were characterized in genetically modified expressing the α-amylase inhibitor-1 () gene.