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Olivier Christiaens
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2022
First evidence of feeding-induced RNAi in banana weevil via exogenous application of dsRNA
Henry Mwaka
Olivier Christiaens
Godelieve Gheysen
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECTS
2022
GNBP1 as a potential RNAi target to enhance the virulence of Beauveria bassiana for aphid control
Guy Smagghe
Olivier Christiaens
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE
2022
Implementation of RNAi-based arthropod pest control : environmental risks, potential for resistance and regulatory considerations
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE
2022
Nano-carrier-based improvement of RNAi efficiency in lepidopteran insects
Zarel Martinez Reyna
Guy Smagghe
Olivier Christiaens
Dissertation
2022
2021
A sequence complementarity-based approach for evaluating off-target transcript knockdown in Bombus terrestris, following ingestion of pest-specific dsRNA
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Shunhua Gui
Kristof De Schutter
Mona Jahani
Nathaly Lara Castellanos
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE
2021
Accelerated delivery of dsRNA in lepidopteran midgut cells by a Galanthus nivalis lectin (GNA)-dsRNA-binding domain fusion protein
Zarel Martinez Reyna
Kristof De Schutter
Els Van Damme
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY
2021
Boosting dsRNA delivery in plant and insect cells with peptide- and polymer-based carriers : case-based current status and future perspectives
Kristof De Schutter
Olivier Christiaens
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Guy Smagghe
Bookchapter
in
RNAi for plant improvement and protection
2021
Exploring RNAi to control the southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula
Rohit Sharma
Guy Smagghe
Olivier Christiaens
Dissertation
2021
Identification and full characterisation of two novel crustacean infecting members of the family Nudiviridae provides support for two subfamilies
Benigna Van Eynde
Olivier Christiaens
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
VIRUSES-BASEL
2021
Involvement of clathrin-dependent endocytosis in cellular dsRNA uptake in aphids
Guy Smagghe
Olivier Christiaens
Jinzhi Niu
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
2021
Parental RNA interference as a tool to study genes involved in rostrum development in the Neotropical brown stink bug, Euschistus heros
Deise Cagliari
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Olivier Christiaens
Kristof De Schutter
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY
2021
RNAi efficacy is enhanced by chronic dsRNA feeding in pollen beetle
Jonathan Willow
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
2021
RNAi, what is its position in crop protection? (vol 93, pg 1125, 2020)
Guy Smagghe
Olivier Christiaens
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Correction
2021
RNAi-mediated mortality in southern green stinkbug Nezara viridula by oral delivery of dsRNA
Rohit Sharma
Olivier Christiaens
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
2021
Silencing of double-stranded ribonuclease improves oral RNAi efficacy in southern green stinkbug Nezara viridula
Rohit Sharma
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Guy Smagghe
Olivier Christiaens
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECTS
2021
Targeting a coatomer protein complex-I gene via RNA interference results in effective lethality in the pollen beetle Brassicogethes aeneus
Jonathan Willow
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Olivier Christiaens
Katterinne Prentice Muro
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE
2021
2020
Biosafety of GM crop plants expressing dsRNA : data requirements and EU regulatory considerations
Olivier Christiaens
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
2020
Double-stranded RNA technology to control insect pests : current status and challenges
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
2020
Exploration of the virome of the European brown shrimp (Crangon crangon)
Benigna Van Eynde
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY
2020
First evidence of bud feeding-induced RNAi in a crop pest via exogenous application of dsRNA
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECTS
2020
Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests
Olivier Christiaens
Wannes Dermauw
Simon Snoeck
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Dong Wei
Guy Smagghe
Thomas Van Leeuwen
A1
Journal Article
in
BMC BIOLOGY
2020
Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests (vol 18, 142, 2020)
Olivier Christiaens
Wannes Dermauw
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Dong Wei
Guy Smagghe
Thomas Van Leeuwen
Correction
2020
RNAi : what is its position in agriculture?
Guy Smagghe
Olivier Christiaens
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE
2020
2019
Combining RNA interference and biological control for the sustainable control of stink bugs in Brazilian soybean fields
Nathaly Lara Castellanos
Guy Smagghe
Olivier Christiaens
Dissertation
2019
Generation of virus- and dsRNA-derived siRNAs with species-dependent length in insects
Luoluo Wang
Olivier Christiaens
Kaat Cappelle
Yannick Gansemans
Filip Van Nieuwerburgh
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
VIRUSES-BASEL
2019
Identification of RNAi-related genes and transgenerational efficiency of RNAi in Artemia franciscana
Viet Dung Nguyen
Olivier Christiaens
Le Van Bao Duy
Stephanie De Vos
Guy Smagghe
Peter Bossier
A1
Journal Article
in
AQUACULTURE
2019
Improvements in larviculture of Crangon crangon as a step towards its commercial aquaculture
Benigna Van Eynde
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
AQUACULTURE RESEARCH
2019
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)
Olivier Christiaens
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
2019
Liposome encapsulation and EDTA formulation of dsRNA targeting essential genes increase oral RNAi-caused mortality in the Neotropical stink bug Euschistus heros
Nathaly Lara Castellanos
Guy Smagghe
Rohit Sharma
Olivier Christiaens
A1
Journal Article
in
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
2019
Nuclease activity decreases the RNAi response in the sweetpotato weevil Cylas puncticollis
Katterinne Prentice Muro
Guy Smagghe
Godelieve Gheysen
Olivier Christiaens
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
2019
Potential of RNA interference in the study and management of the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Guy Smagghe
Olivier Christiaens
A1
Journal Article
in
ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY
2019
RNA-based biocontrol compounds : current status and perspectives to reach the market
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
2019
The cuticle protein MPCP2 is involved in Potato virus Y transmission in the green peach aphid Myzus persicae
Saman Bahrami Kamangar
Olivier Christiaens
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF PLANT DISEASES AND PROTECTION
2019
Topical dsRNA delivery induces gene silencing and mortality in the pea aphid
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
2019
Towards development of intensive farming of the European brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) and exploration of its virome
Benigna Van Eynde
Guy Smagghe
Olivier Christiaens
Dissertation
2019
Tudor knockdown disrupts ovary development in Bactrocera dorsalis
Dong Wei
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
2019
2018
A model species for agricultural pest genomics : the genome of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Kaat Cappelle
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2018
A nuclease specific to lepidopteran insects suppresses RNAi
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
2018
Analysis of artificial diet to deliver dsRNA in the western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis)
Mona Jahani
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
C1
Conference
2018
Beyond insects : current status and achievements of RNA interference in mite pests and future perspectives
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
2018
Confocal microscopy for analysis of dsRNA uptake in Lepidoptera midgut cells
Zarel Martinez Reyna
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
C1
Conference
2018
Development and application of a duplex PCR assay for detection of Crangon crangon bacilliform virus in populations of European brown shrimp (Crangon crangon)
Benigna Van Eynde
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
2018
Engineered flock house virus for targeted gene suppression through RNAi in fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) in vitro and in vivo
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
2018
Increased RNAi efficacy in Spodoptera exigua via the formulation of dsRNA with guanylated polymers
Olivier Christiaens
Miriam Gomez Tardajos
Zarel Martinez Reyna
Mamoni Dash
Peter Dubruel
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
2018
Insecticidal activity of orally delivered dsRNA in field-collected African sweetpotato weevils Cylas puncticollis (Coleoptera, Brentidae) from Uganda and Kenya
Katterinne Prentice Muro
Olivier Christiaens
Godelieve Gheysen
Guy Smagghe
C1
Conference
2018
Literature review of baseline information on RNAi to support the environmental risk assessment of RNAi‐based GM plants
Olivier Christiaens
Mallikarjuna Joga
Guy Smagghe
Report
2018
RNA interference in shrimp and potential applications in aquaculture
Viet Dung Nguyen
Olivier Christiaens
Peter Bossier
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
REVIEWS IN AQUACULTURE
2018
RNA interference technology as a potential control method for spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii)
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Guy Smagghe
Olivier Christiaens
Dissertation
2018
RNA interference technology in crop protection against arthropod pests, pathogens and nematodes
Olivier Christiaens
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
2018
Rethink RNAi in insect pest control : challenges and perspectives
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
Advances in Insect Physiology
2018
The potential of RNAi technology to control the African sweetpotato weevils, Cylas puncticollis and Cylas brunneus
Katterinne Prentice Muro
Guy Smagghe
Godelieve Gheysen
Olivier Christiaens
Dissertation
2018
2017
RNA interference in Artemia franciscana applied to sex determining genes
Viet Dung Nguyen
Peter Bossier
Guy Smagghe
Olivier Christiaens
Dissertation
2017
RNAi-based gene silencing through dsRNA injection or ingestion against the African sweet potato weevil Cylas puncticollis (Coleoptera: Brentidae)
Katterinne Prentice Muro
Olivier Christiaens
Ine Pertry
Godelieve Gheysen
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
2017
Toxicity and metabolism of zeta-cypermethrin in field-collected and laboratory strains of the neotropical predator Chrysoperla externa Hagen (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)
Marina Haramboure
Guy Smagghe
Jinzhi Niu
Olivier Christiaens
Pieter Spanoghe
A1
Journal Article
in
NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY
2017
2016
Asian citrus psyllid RNAi pathway : RNAi evidence
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2016
Oral RNAi to control Drosophila suzukii: laboratory testing against larval and adult stages
Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning
Olivier Christiaens
Martine Maes
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE
2016
Protein N-glycosylation and N-glycan trimming are required for postembryonic development of the pest beetle Tribolium castaneum
Tomasz Walski
Els Van Damme
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2016
RNA interference : a promising biopesticide strategy against the African sweetpotato weevil Cylas brunneus
Olivier Christiaens
Katterinne Prentice Muro
Ine Pertry
Godelieve Gheysen
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2016
RNAi efficiency, systemic properties, and novel delivery methods for pest insect control : what we know so far
Mallikarjuna Joga
Guy Smagghe
Olivier Christiaens
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
2016
The involvement of clathrin-mediated endocytosis and two Sid-1-like transmembrane proteins in doublestranded RNA uptake in the Colorado potato beetle midgut
Kaat Cappelle
Benigna Van Eynde
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
2016
2015
A depauperate immune repertoire precedes evolution of sociality in bees
Kaat Cappelle
Olivier Christiaens
Ivan Meeus
Jinzhi Niu
Guy Smagghe
Na Yu
A1
Journal Article
in
GENOME BIOLOGY
2015
Differential transcriptome analysis of the common shrimp Crangon crangon: special focus on the nuclear receptors and RNAi-related genes
Olivier Christiaens
Christophe Van Neste
Na Yu
Ruben De Wilde
Filip Van Nieuwerburgh
Dieter Deforce
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
2015
The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization
Dirk de Graaf
Guy Smagghe
Matthias Van Vaerenbergh
Kaat Cappelle
Olivier Christiaens
Ivan Meeus
Jinzhi Niu
Na Yu
Griet Debyser
Bart Devreese
Jisheng Liu
A1
Journal Article
in
GENOME BIOLOGY
2015
Transcriptome analysis and systemic RNAi response in the African sweetpotato weevil (Cylas puncticollis, Coleoptera, Brentidae)
Katterinne Prentice Muro
Ine Pertry
Olivier Christiaens
Lander Bauters
Godelieve Gheysen
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PLOS ONE
2015
2014
DsRNA degradation in the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) associated with lack of response in RNAi feeding and injection assay
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PEPTIDES
2014
The challenge of RNAi-mediated control of hemipterans
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE
2014
2013
Cloning and functional analysis of the ecdysteroid receptor complex in the opossum shrimp Neomysis integer (Leach, 1814)
Ruben De Wilde
Thomas Soin
Olivier Christiaens
Colin Janssen
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
2013
Delivery of dsRNA for RNAi in insects: an overview and future directions
Na Yu
Olivier Christiaens
Jisheng Liu
Silvia Caccia
Hanneke Huvenne
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECT SCIENCE
2013
Insect growth regulators as potential insecticides to control olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae Rossi): insect toxicity bioassays and molecular docking approach
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
2013
Key role and diversity of EcR/USP and other nuclear receptors in selected Arthropoda species
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
Dissertation
2013
2012
Ecdysteroid receptor docking suggests that dibenzoylhydrazine-based insecticides are devoid of any deleterious effect on the parasitic wasp Psyttalia concolor (Hym. Braconidae)
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
2012
Selectivity of diacylhydrazine insecticides to the predatory bug Orius laevigatus: in vivo and modelling/docking experiments
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
2012
Sequencing and structural homology modeling of the ecdysone receptor in two chrysopids used in biological control of pest insects
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
ECOTOXICOLOGY
2012
Structural changes under low evolutionary constraint may decrease the affinity of dibenzoylhydrazine insecticides for the ecdysone receptor in non-lepidopteran insects
Olivier Christiaens
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
2012
2011
The CCK(-like) receptor in the animal kingdom: functions, evolution and structures
Dorien Staljanssens
Olivier Christiaens
John Van Camp
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PEPTIDES
2011
The genome of Tetranychus urticae reveals herbivorous pest adaptations
Thomas Van Leeuwen
Stephane Rombauts
Pierre Rouzé
Wannes Dermauw
Thi Ngoc Phuong Cao
Guy Smagghe
Masatoshi Iga
Olivier Christiaens
Jeffrey Fawcett
Eric Bonnet
Cindy Martens
Guy Baele
Luc Tirry
Kristof Demeestere
Yves Van de Peer
A1
Journal Article
in
NATURE
2011
2010
Comprehensive survey of developmental genes in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum: frequent lineage-specific duplications and losses of developmental genes
Olivier Christiaens
Masatoshi Iga
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
2010
Genome sequence of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum
Olivier Christiaens
Masatoshi Iga
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
PLOS BIOLOGY
2010
Halloween genes and nuclear receptors in ecdysteroid biosynthesis and signaling in the pea aphid
Olivier Christiaens
Masatoshi Iga
Guy Smagghe
A1
Journal Article
in
INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
2010