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Researcher

Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning

Awards & Distinctions

69 Results

2025

First insights towards RNAi-based management of the pollen beetle Brassicogethes viridescens, with risk assessment against model non-target pollinator and biocontrol insects

Jonathan WillowTriin KallavusÉricmar Avila dos SantosSilva VilumetsNji Tizi Clauvis TaningGaelle AssemanAna Isabel SilvaMargret JurisonRiina KaasikLiina Soonvald et al.

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

2024

Drosophila X virus-like particles as efficient dsRNA carriers for improved RNAi against the invasive species, Drosophila suzukii

Qi XueDespina SamakovliLuc SweversNji Tizi Clauvis Taning

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

Functionally modified graphene oxide as an alternative nanovehicle for enhanced dsRNA delivery in improving RNAi-based insect pest control

Qi Xuejiangjie LiSven VereeckenQiqiong LiZijian ZhiPeter DubruelNji Tizi Clauvis TaningKristof De Schutter

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Identification and functional analysis of gut dsRNases in the beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua

jiangjie LiYan ShiQi XueGuy SmaggheKristof De SchutterNji Tizi Clauvis Taning

A1 Journal Article in INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

2023

A narrow host-range and lack of persistence in two non-target insect species of a bacterial symbiont exploited to deliver insecticidal RNAi in Western Flower Thrips

Miranda M. A. WhittenQi XueNji Tizi Clauvis TaningReuben JamesGuy SmaggheRicardo del SolMatthew HitchingsPaul Dyson

A2 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN INSECT SCIENCE

Bioactivity-guided isolation of toosendanin and salanninolide from Melia volkensii and their antifeedant activity against economically important insect pests

Victor JaokoNji Tizi Clauvis TaningSimon BackxPierfrancesco MottiJackson MulatyaJan VandenabeeleTitus MagomereFlorence OlubayoGuy SmaggheStefaan Werbrouck et al.

A1 Journal Article in CROP PROTECTION

Engineering strategies for insect viruses and microbes for dsRNA production and delivery to insects for targeted gene silencing

Qi XueÉricmar Avila dos SantosGuy SmaggheMoises João ZottiNji Tizi Clauvis Taning

A1 Journal Article in ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS

Exploring insect viruses as delivery carriers for small insecticidal molecules against spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii

Qi XueNji Tizi Clauvis TaningKristof De SchutterGuy SmaggheMonica Höfte

Nasonia vitripennis as a parasitoid wasp model for pest-specific dsRNA safety assessment

jiangjie LiMelissa DeveuxOlivier ChristiaensGuy SmaggheNji Tizi Clauvis Taning

A1 Journal Article in ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS

Plant and insect virus‐like particles : emerging nanoparticles for agricultural pest management

Qi XueLuc SweversNji Tizi Clauvis Taning

A1 Journal Article in PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

RNAi in termites (Isoptera) : current status and prospects for pest management

Kanakachari MogilicherlaAmrita ChakrabortyNji Tizi Clauvis TaningGuy SmaggheAmit Roy

A1 Journal Article in ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS

Towards dsRNA-integrated protection of medical Cannabis crops : considering human safety, recent- and developing RNAi methods, and research inroads

Jonathan WillowAna I. I. SilvaNji Tizi Clauvis TaningGuy SmaggheEve Veromann

A1 Journal Article in PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

2022

RNAi efficacy is enhanced by chronic dsRNA feeding in pollen beetle (Apr, 10.1038/s42003-021-01975-9, 2021)

Jonathan WillowLiina SoonvaldSilva SulgRiina KaasikAna Isabel SilvaNji Tizi Clauvis TaningOlivier ChristiaensGuy SmaggheEve Veromann

RNAi-based biocontrol products : market status, regulatory aspects, and risk assessment

Kristof De SchutterNji Tizi Clauvis TaningLenny Van DaeleEls Van DammePeter DubruelGuy Smagghe

Editorial material

Risk assessment of RNAi-based pesticides to non-target organisms : evaluating the effects of sequence similarity in the parasitoid wasp Telenomus podisi

Nathaly Lara CastellanosGuy SmaggheNji Tizi Clauvis TaningEugenio E. OliveiraOlivier Christiaens

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

miR-309a is a regulator of ovarian development in the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis

Qiang ZhangWei DouNji Tizi Clauvis TaningShan-Shan YuGuo-Rui YuanFeng ShangGuy SmaggheJin-Jun Wang

A1 Journal Article in PLOS GENETICS

2021

A sequence complementarity-based approach for evaluating off-target transcript knockdown in Bombus terrestris, following ingestion of pest-specific dsRNA

Nji Tizi Clauvis TaningShunhua GuiKristof De SchutterMona JahaniNathaly Lara CastellanosOlivier ChristiaensGuy Smagghe

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

Anther-feeding-induced RNAi in Brassicogethes aeneus Larvae

Jonathan WillowLiina SoonvaldSilva SulgRiina KaasikAna Isabel SilvaNji Tizi Clauvis TaningOlivier ChristiaensGuy SmaggheEve Veromann

A2 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN AGRONOMY

Bioactivity-guided isolation of salanninolide and toosendanin from Melia volkensii and their antifeedant activity against Spodoptera frugiperda and Tribolium castaneum

Victor JaokoNji Tizi Clauvis TaningSimon BackxPierfrancesco MottiJackson MulatyaJan VandenabeeleTitus MagomereFlorence OlubayoSven MangelinckxStefaan Werbrouck et al.

Boosting dsRNA delivery in plant and insect cells with peptide- and polymer-based carriers : case-based current status and future perspectives

Kristof De SchutterOlivier ChristiaensNji Tizi Clauvis TaningGuy Smagghe

Bookchapter in RNAi for plant improvement and protection

Does RNAi-based technology fit within EU goals?

Nji Tizi Clauvis TaningBruno MezzettiGijs KleterGuy SmaggheElena Baraldi

Editorial material

Identification and full characterisation of two novel crustacean infecting members of the family Nudiviridae provides support for two subfamilies

Kelly S. BatemanRose KerrGrant D. StentifordTim P. BeanChantelle HooperBenigna Van EyndeDaan DelbareJamie BojkoOlivier ChristiaensNji Tizi Clauvis Taning et al.

A1 Journal Article in VIRUSES-BASEL

Laboratory and field evaluation of Melia volkensii crude extracts as biopesticide against African sweet potato weevils (Cylas punctocillis) and armyworms, Spodoptera spp.

Victor JaokoNji Tizi Clauvis TaningSimon BackxPierfrancesco MottiJackson MulatyaJan VandenabeeleTitus MagomereFlorence OlubayoSven MangelinckxStefaan Werbrouck et al.

Laboratory and greenhouse evaluation of Melia volkensii extracts for potency against African sweet potato weevil, Cylas puncticollis, and fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda

Victor JaokoNji Tizi Clauvis TaningSimon BackxPierfrancesco MottiJackson MulatyaJan VandenabeeleTitus MagomereFlorence OlubayoSven MangelinckxStefaan Werbrouck et al.

A1 Journal Article in AGRONOMY-BASEL

Molecular aspects of potato virus Y transmission by aphids (Myzus persicae)

Saman Bahrami KamangarGuy SmaggheKris De JongheNji Tizi Clauvis Taning

Myosuppressin influences fecundity in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Shunhua GuiNji Tizi Clauvis TaningGuy Smagghe

A1 Journal Article in INSECT SCIENCE

Parental RNA interference as a tool to study genes involved in rostrum development in the Neotropical brown stink bug, Euschistus heros

Deise CagliariNji Tizi Clauvis TaningOlivier ChristiaensKristof De SchutterBenny LewilleKoen DewettinckMoises João ZottiGuy Smagghe

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

RNAi efficacy is enhanced by chronic dsRNA feeding in pollen beetle

Jonathan WillowLiina SoonvaldSilva SulgRiina KaasikAna Isabel SilvaNji Tizi Clauvis TaningOlivier ChristiaensGuy SmaggheEve Veromann

A1 Journal Article in COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY

RNAi, what is its position in crop protection? (vol 93, pg 1125, 2020)

Bruno MezzettiGuy SmaggheSalvatore ArpaiaOlivier ChristiaensAntje Dietz-PfeilstetterHuw JonesKaloyan KostovSilvia SabbadiniHilde-Gunn Opsahl-SortebergVera Ventura et al.

RNAi-mediated mortality in southern green stinkbug Nezara viridula by oral delivery of dsRNA

Rohit SharmaOlivier ChristiaensNji Tizi Clauvis TaningGuy Smagghe

A1 Journal Article in PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Regulatory roles of microRNAs in insect pests : prospective targets for insect pest control

Qiang ZhangWei DouNji Tizi Clauvis TaningGuy SmaggheJin-Jun Wang

A1 Journal Article in CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Silencing of double-stranded ribonuclease improves oral RNAi efficacy in southern green stinkbug Nezara viridula

Rohit SharmaNji Tizi Clauvis TaningGuy SmaggheOlivier Christiaens

A1 Journal Article in INSECTS

Targeting a coatomer protein complex-I gene via RNA interference results in effective lethality in the pollen beetle Brassicogethes aeneus

Jonathan WillowSilva SulgNji Tizi Clauvis TaningAna Isabel SilvaOlivier ChristiaensRiina KaasikKatterinne Prentice MuroGabor L. LoveiGuy SmaggheEve Veromann

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

dsRNA-mediated pest management of Tuta absoluta is compatible with its biological control agent Nesidiocoris tenuis

Nomi SarmahAthanasios KaldisNji Tizi Clauvis TaningDionysios PerdikisGuy SmaggheAndreas Voloudakis

A1 Journal Article in INSECTS

2020

Assessment of insecticidal effects and selectivity ofCAPA-PKpeptide analogues against the peach-potato aphid and four beneficial insects following topical exposure

Shunhua GuiNji Tizi Clauvis TaningKristof De SchutterQun YangPengyu ChenMohamad HamshouRonald J. NachmanAniruddha A. PanditJulian A. T. DowShireen Davies et al.

A1 Journal Article in PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Biosafety of GM crop plants expressing dsRNA : data requirements and EU regulatory considerations

Salvatore ArpaiaOlivier ChristiaensKara GiddingsHuw JonesBruno MezzettiFelix Moronta-BarriosJoe N. PerryJeremy B. SweetNji Tizi Clauvis TaningGuy Smagghe et al.

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Effects of thiamethoxam and spinosad on the survival and hypopharyngeal glands of the African honey bee (Apis mellifera intermissa)

Ahmed Hichem MenailWided F. Boutefnouchet-BouchemaNizar HaddadNji Tizi Clauvis TaningGuy SmaggheWahida Loucif-Ayad

A1 Journal Article in ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS

First evidence of bud feeding-induced RNAi in a crop pest via exogenous application of dsRNA

Jonathan WillowLiina SoonvaldSilva SulgRiina KaasikAna Isabel SilvaNji Tizi Clauvis TaningOlivier ChristiaensGuy SmaggheEve Veromann

A1 Journal Article in INSECTS

First report on CRISPR/Cas9-targeted mutagenesis in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Shunhua GuiNji Tizi Clauvis TaningDong WeiGuy Smagghe

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests

Dorith RotenbergAaron A. BaumannSulley Ben-MahmoudOlivier ChristiaensWannes DermauwPanagiotis IoannidisChris G. C. JacobsIris M. Vargas JentzschJonathan E. OliverMonica F. Poelchau et al.

A1 Journal Article in BMC BIOLOGY

Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests (vol 18, 142, 2020)

Dorith RotenbergAaron A. BaumannSulley Ben-MahmoudOlivier ChristiaensWannes DermauwPanagiotis IoannidisChris G. C. JacobsIris M. Vargas JentzschJonathan E. OliverMonica F. Poelchau et al.

RNAi : what is its position in agriculture?

Bruno MezzettiGuy SmaggheSalvatore ArpaiaOlivier ChristiaensAntje Dietz-PfeilstetterHuw JonesKaloyan KostovSilvia SabbadiniHilde-Gunn Opsahl-SortebergVera Ventura et al.

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

RNAi and CRISPR/Cas9 as functional genomics tools in the neotropical stink bug, Euschistus heros

Deise CagliariGuy SmaggheMoises ZottiNji Tizi Clauvis Taning

A1 Journal Article in INSECTS

The phytochemical composition of Melia volkensii and its potential for insect pest management

Victor JaokoNji Tizi Clauvis TaningSimon BackxJackson MulatyaJan Van den AbeeleTitus MagomereFlorence OlubayoSven MangelinckxStefaan WerbrouckGuy Smagghe

A1 Journal Article in Plants

2019

Bioactivity-guided isolation of rosmarinic acid as the principal bioactive compound from the butanol extract of Isodon rugosus against the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

Saira KhanNji Tizi Clauvis TaningEli BonneureSven MangelinckxGuy SmaggheRaza AhmadNighat FatimaMuhammad AsifMohammad Maroof Shah

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

Bioactivity-guided isolation of rosmarinic acid as the principal bioactive compound from the butanol extract of Isodon rugosus against the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (vol 14, e0215048, 2019)

Saira KhanNji Tizi Clauvis TaningEli BonneureSven MangelinckxGuy SmaggheRaza AhmadNighat FatimaMuhammad AsifMohammad Maroof Shah

Bioactivity-guided isolation of rosmarinic acid as the principle bioactive compound from the butanol extract of Isodon rugosus against pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

Saira KhanNji Tizi Clauvis TaningEli BonneureSven MangelinckxGuy SmaggheRaza AhmadNighat FatimaMuhammad AsifMohammad Maroof Shah

Characterisation of the bioactivity of pesticidal extracts of Melia volkensii against African crop insect pests

Victor JaokoNji Tizi Clauvis TaningSimon BackxJackson MulatyaJan VandenabeeleFlorence OlubayoSven MangelinckxStefaan WerbrouckGuy Smagghe

Evaluating the efficacy of Melia volkensii extracts as a potential botanical pesticide against African crop insect pests of economic importance

Victor JaokoNji Tizi Clauvis TaningSimon BackxJackson MulatyaJan VandenabeeleFlorence OlubayoSven MangelinckxStefaan WerbrouckGuy Smagghe

Evaluation of Melia volkensii as potential biopesticide against the African sweet potato weevil, Cylas puncticollis

Victor JaokoNji Tizi Clauvis TaningSimon BackxJackson MulatyaJan VandenabeeleFlorence OlubayoSven MangelinckxStefaan WerbrouckGuy Smagghe

Induction of RNAi core machinery's gene expression by exogenous dsRNA and the effects of pre-exposure to dsRNA on the gene silencing efficiency in the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum)

Chao YeXin AnYi-Di JiangBi-Yue DingFeng ShangOlivier ChristiaensNji Tizi Clauvis TaningGuy SmaggheJinzhi NiuJin-Jun Wang

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY

PIWI pathway against viruses in insects

Anna KolliopoulouDulce SantosNji Tizi Clauvis TaningNiels WynantJozef Vanden BroeckGuy SmaggheLuc Swevers

A1 Journal Article in WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA

Potential of RNA interference in the study and management of the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci

Sajjan GroverVikas JindalGeetika BantaNji Tizi Clauvis TaningGuy SmaggheOlivier Christiaens

A1 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Quantity and transmission efficiency of an isolate of the Potato virus Y-Wilga ( PVYN-Wi) by aphid species reared on different host plants

Saman Bahrami KamangarNji Tizi Clauvis TaningKris De JongheGuy Smagghe

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PLANT DISEASES AND PROTECTION

RNA-based biocontrol compounds : current status and perspectives to reach the market

Nji Tizi Clauvis TaningSalvatore ArpaiaOlivier ChristiaensAntje Dietz-PfeilstetterHuw JonesBruno MezzettiSilvia SabbadiniHilde-Gunn SortebergJeremy SweetVera Ventura et al.

A1 Journal Article in PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

The cuticle protein MPCP2 is involved in Potato virus Y transmission in the green peach aphid Myzus persicae

Saman Bahrami KamangarOlivier ChristiaensNji Tizi Clauvis TaningKris De JongheGuy Smagghe

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PLANT DISEASES AND PROTECTION

With or without foraging for food, field-realistic concentrations of sulfoxaflor are equally toxic to bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

Nji Tizi Clauvis TaningAdinda VanommeslaegheGuy Smagghe

A1 Journal Article in ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS

2018

Bioactivity of Pistacia atlantica desf. subsp. Kurdica (Zohary) Rech. F. and Pistacia khinjuk stocks essential oils against Callosobruchus maculatus (F, 1775) (Coloeptera: Bruchidae) under laboratory conditions

Maryam PouryaAmin SadeghiHamed GhobariNji Tizi Clauvis TaningGuy Smagghe

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF STORED PRODUCTS RESEARCH

Cytoplasmic glutamine synthetase gene expression regulates larval development in Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)

Meng-Yi ZhangDong WeiRan LiHong-Ting JiaYu-Wei LiuNji Tizi Clauvis TaningJin-Jun WangGuy Smagghe

A1 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Engineered flock house virus for targeted gene suppression through RNAi in fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) in vitro and in vivo

Nji Tizi Clauvis TaningOlivier ChristiaensXiuXia LiLuc SweversHans CasteelsMartine MaesGuy Smagghe

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY

RNA interference technology as a potential control method for spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii)

Nji Tizi Clauvis TaningGuy SmaggheMartine MaesOlivier Christiaens

RNA interference technology in crop protection against arthropod pests, pathogens and nematodes

Moises João ZottiÉricmar Avila dos SantosDeise CagliariOlivier ChristiaensNji Tizi Clauvis TaningGuy Smagghe

A1 Journal Article in PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Rethink RNAi in insect pest control : challenges and perspectives

Jinzhi NiuNji Tizi Clauvis TaningOlivier ChristiaensGuy SmaggheJin-Jun Wang

A1 Journal Article in Advances in Insect Physiology

2017

CRISPR/Cas9 in insects : applications, best practices and biosafety concerns

Nji Tizi Clauvis TaningBenigna Van EyndeNa YuSanyuan MaGuy Smagghe

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Insecticidal activity of plant-derived extracts against different economically important pest insects

Saira KhanNji Tizi Clauvis TaningEli BonneureSven MangelinckxGuy SmaggheMohammad Maroof Shah

A1 Journal Article in PHYTOPARASITICA

Viral delivery of dsRNA for control of insect agricultural pests and vectors of human disease : prospects and challenges

Anna KolliopoulouNji Tizi Clauvis TaningGuy SmaggheLuc Swevers

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY

2016

Asian citrus psyllid RNAi pathway : RNAi evidence

Nji Tizi Clauvis TaningEduardo C AndradeWayne B HunterOlivier ChristiaensGuy Smagghe

A1 Journal Article in SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Oral RNAi to control Drosophila suzukii: laboratory testing against larval and adult stages

Nji Tizi Clauvis TaningOlivier ChristiaensNick BerkvensHans CasteelsMartine MaesGuy Smagghe

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

2013

Consequences of Coexistence Policies on the Environment: A Different View

Claudia Colmenarez OrtizNji Tizi Clauvis Taning