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Shikano, I., Bellicanta, G.S., Principato, S. & Jenkins, N.E. (2021) Effects of chemical insecticide residues and household surface type on a Beauveria bassiana-based biopesticide (Aprehend®) for bed bug management. Insects 12: 214. Findings summarized on Aprehend.com
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Shikano, I., Woolcott, J., Cloonan, K., Andreadis, S. & Jenkins, N.E. (2021) Biology of mushroom phorid flies, Megaselia halterata (Diptera: Phoridae): effects of temperature, humidity, crowding, and compost stage. Environmental Entomology 50: 149-153.
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Shikano, I. (2020) Efficacy of a fungal biopesticide for bed bug management is influenced by the toxicity and associated behavioral avoidance of harborages on insecticide-impregnated box spring cover. Journal of Economic Entomology 113: 2850-2857.
- bPan, Q., Shikano, I., Felton, G.W., Liu, T-X. & Hoover, K. (2020) Host permissiveness to baculovirus influences time‐dependent immune responses and fitness costs. Insect Science
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Mason, C.J., Ray, S., Shikano, I., Peiffer, M., bJones, A., Luthe, D.S., Hoover, K. & Felton, G.W. (2019) Plant defenses interact with insect enteric bacteria by initiating a leaky gut syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116: 15991–15996.
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bScholefield, J.A., Shikano, I., Lowenberger, C.A. & Cory, J.S. (2019) The impact of baculovirus challenge on immunity: the effect of dose and time after infection. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 167: 107232.
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Shikano, I., aGomez, L., Bellicanta, G. & Jenkins, N. (2019) Persistence and lethality of a fungal biopesticide (Aprehend®) applied to insecticide-impregnated and encasement-type box spring covers for bed bug management. Journal of Economic Entomology 112: 2489–2492.
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bPan, Q., Shikano, I., Hoover, K., Liu, T-X. & Felton, G.W. (2019) Pathogen-mediated tritrophic interactions: baculovirus-challenged caterpillars induce higher plant defenses than healthy caterpillars. Journal of Chemical Ecology 45: 515–524.
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bPan, Q., Shikano, I., Hoover, K., Liu, T-X. & Felton, G.W. (2019) Enterobacter ludwigii, isolated from the gut microbiota of Helicoverpa zea, promotes tomato plant growth and yield without compromising anti-herbivore defenses. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 13: 271–278.
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Shikano, I., bPan, Q., Hoover, K. & Felton, G.W. (2018) Herbivore-induced defenses in tomato plants enhance the lethality of the entomopathogenic bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki. Journal of Chemical Ecology 44: 947–956.
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Shikano, I., McCarthy, E.M., Hayes-Plazolles, N., Slavicek, J.M. & Hoover, K. (2018) Jasmonic acid-induced plant defenses delay caterpillar developmental resistance to a baculovirus: Slow-growth, high-mortality hypothesis in plant–insect–pathogen interactions. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 158: 16–23.
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Shikano, I., McCarthy, E.M., Elderd, B. & Hoover, K. (2017) Plant genotype and induced defenses affect the productivity of an insect-killing obligate viral pathogen. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 148: 34–42.
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Shikano, I., Shumaker, K.L., Peiffer, M., Felton, G.W. & Hoover, K. (2017) Plant-mediated effects on an insect–pathogen interaction vary with intraspecific genetic variation in plant defences. Oecologia 183: 1121–1134.
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Shikano, I. & Cory, J.S. (2016) Altered nutrient intake by baculovirus-challenged insects: self-medication or compensatory feeding? Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 139: 25–33.
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Shikano, I., aHua, K.N. & Cory, J.S. (2016) Baculovirus-challenge and poor nutrition inflict within-generation fitness costs without triggering transgenerational immune priming. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 136: 35–42.
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Shikano, I. & Cory, J.S. (2015) Impact of environmental variation on host performance differs with pathogen identity: implications for host-pathogen interactions in a changing climate. Scientific Reports 5: 15351.
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Shikano, I., bOlson, G.L. & Cory, J.S. (2015) Impact of non-pathogenic bacteria on insect disease resistance: importance of ecological context. Ecological Entomology 40: 620–628.
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Shikano, I., aOak, M.C., aHalpert-Scanderbeg, O. & Cory, J.S. (2015) Trade-offs between transgenerational transfer of nutritional stress tolerance and immune priming. Functional Ecology 29: 1156–1164.
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Shikano, I. & Cory, J.S. (2014) Dietary mechanism behind the costs associated with resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis in the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni. PLoS ONE 9: e105864.
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Shikano, I. & Cory, J.S. (2014) Genetic resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis alters feeding behaviour in the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni. PLoS ONE 9: e85709.
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Shikano, I., bEricsson, J.D., Cory, J.S. & Myers, J.H. (2010) Indirect plant-mediated effects on insect immunity and disease resistance in a tritrophic system. Basic and Applied Ecology 11: 15–22.
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Shikano, I., Akhtar, Y., Isman, M.B. & Rankin, C.H. (2010) Dishabituating long-term memory for gustatory habituation in the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni. Behavioral Neuroscience 124: 701-705.
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bMachial, C., Shikano, I., Smirle, M., Bradbury, R. & Isman, M.B. (2010) Evaluation of the toxicity of 17 essential oils against Choristoneura rosaceana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Pest Management Science 66: 1116–1121.
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Shikano, I., Akhtar, Y. & Isman, M.B. (2010) Relationship between adult and larval host plant selection and larval performance in the generalist moth, Trichoplusia ni. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 4: 197–205.
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Seffrin, R.C., Shikano, I., Akhtar, Y. & Isman, M.B. (2010) Effects of crude seed extracts of Annona atemoya and A. squamosa L. against the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni in the laboratory and greenhouse. Crop Protection 29: 20–24.
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Akhtar, Y., Shikano, I. & Isman, M.B. (2009) Topical application of a plant extract to different life stages of Trichoplusia ni fails to influence oviposition behaviour. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 132: 275–282.
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Shikano, I. & Isman, M.B. (2009) A sensitive period for larval gustatory learning influences subsequent oviposition choice of the cabbage looper. Animal Behaviour 77: 247–251.