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• Mason, C.J., Grummer, A., Bosch, M. & Shikano, I. (2025) Adult dietary experience influences mortality of the pest melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae), to an ingested toxin. Physiological Entomology 50: 77-87.

• Jones, A.G., Shikano, I., Mason, C.J., Peiffer, M., Felton, G.W. & Hoover, K. (2025) Effects of baculovirus-killed cadavers on plant defenses and insect behavior. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 19: 1-18.

• Mason, C.J., Nelson, R.C., Weaver, M., Simmonds, T., Geib, S. & Shikano, I. (2024) Utilizing full-length 16S rRNA sequencing to assess the impact of diet formulation and age on targeted gut microbiome colonization in laboratory and mass-reared Mediterranean fruit flies. BioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2024.12.27.630527

• Pan, Q., Shikano, I., Liu, F. & Yao, Z. (2024) Effects of gut bacteria on fitness of rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis. Insects 15: 947.

• Pan, Q., Shen, J., Su, L., Shikano, I., Liu, T-X. & Chen, L. (2024) Fitness of Mythimna separata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on cultivated wheat and a weed, wild oat (Avena fatua). Biology 13: 1037.

• Stockton, D.G., Kraft, L., Dombrowski, P., Doucette, L., Bosch, M., Gutierrez‐Coarite, R., Manandhar, R., Uyeda, J., Silva, J., Hawkins, J. & Shikano, I. (2024) Persistence of widespread moderate Spinosad resistance among wild melon fly (Zeugodacus cucurbitae) and oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) populations on the major Hawaiian Islands. Pest Management Science 80: 5640-5647.

• Pennington, S.K. & Shikano, I. (2024) Changes in tomato plant anti-herbivore defenses after soil application of a biofungicide containing Bacillus subtillus (Serenade ASO). Biocontrol Science and Technology 34: 718-735.

• Pan, Q., Ang, Y. & Shikano, I. (2024) Effects of adult diet on the longevity, fecundity and ovarian development of the rice leaffolder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis. Physiological Entomology 49: 422-429.

• Armstrong, K.M., Uyeda, & Shikano, I. (2024) Influence of the parasitoid Cotesia vestalis on the distribution of Diamondback moth larvae on cabbage plants. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 18: 1253-1262.

• Pugh de los Reyes, M., Wang, K-H. & Shikano, I. (2024) Age-dependent efficacy of putative dead-end trap crops Barbarea verna and Lepidium sativum on diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 18:1227-1236.

• Sakamoto, J.M., Shikano, I., Rasgon, J.L. (2024) Microbiomes of two pest fly species of Pennsylvania mushroom houses. Insects 15:525.

• Mason, C. & Shikano, I. (2023) Hotter days, stronger immunity? Exploring the impact of rising temperatures on insect gut health and microbial relationships. Current Opinion in Insect Science 101096.

• Pan, Q., Shikano, I., Liu, T.X. & Felton, G.W. (2023) Helicoverpa zea–associated gut bacteria as drivers in shaping plant anti-herbivore defense in tomato. Microbial Ecology 86:2173-2182.

• Budhathoki, S., Sipes, B.S., Shikano, I., Myers, R.Y., Manandhar, R. & Wang, K-H. (2023) Integrating trap cropping and entomopathogenic nematode foliar sprays to manage Diamondback moth and imported cabbage worm. Horticulturae 8:1073.

• Kihata, N. & Shikano, I. (2022) Enemy-risk effects in parasitoid-exposed diamondback moth larvae: potential mediation of the interaction by host plants. Insects 13:818.

• Pugh, M., Kihata, N., Uyeda, J., Wang, K-H., & Shikano, I. (2022) The effects of a naturalized weed, Lepidium virginicum, on the development and behaviors of the diamondback moth and its natural enemies in Hawaii. Biological Control 173:104994.

• Shikano, I., Gutierrez-Coarite, R., Streit, C., Perez, E., Fujitani, E., & Mau, R.F.L. (2022) Field tests of three alternative insecticides with protein bait for the development of an insecticide rotation program to control melon flies, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tephritidae). Insects 13:629

• Honsberger, D., Matsunaga, J.N., Wang, K.H. & Shikano, I. (2022) Oomyzus sokolowskii (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) joins the small complex of parasitoids known to attack the diamondback moth on Kauai. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 54:21-25.

• Hsu, J-C., Chou, M.Y., Mau, R.F.L., Maeda, C., Shikano, I., Manoukis, N.C. & Vargas, R.I. (2021) Spinosad resistance in field populations of melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett), in Hawaii. Pest Management Science 77:5439-5444.

• Mogren, C.L. & Shikano, I. (2021) Microbiota, pathogens, and parasites as mediators of tritrophic interactions between insect herbivores, plants, and pollinators. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 186:107589.

• 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.

• 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.

• Pan, Q., Shikano, I., Felton, G.W., Liu, T-X. & Hoover, K. (2021) Host permissiveness to baculovirus influences time-dependent immune responses and fitness costs. Insect Science 28:103-114. 

• Shikano, I., Woolcott, J., Cloonan, K., Andreadis, S. & Jenkins, N. (2020) Biology of mushroom phorid flies, Megaselia halterata (Diptera: Phoridae): effects of temperature, humidity, crowding and compost stage. Environmental Entomology.
• 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
• Pan, 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
• Mason, C.J., Ray, S., Shikano, I., Peiffer, M., Jones, 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 116:15991–15996.
• Scholefield, 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 
• Shikano, I., Gomez, 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.
• Pan, 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.
• Pan, 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.
• Shikano, I., Pan, 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. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• Ment, D., Shikano, I. & Glazer, I. (2017) Abiotic Factors, In: Hajek, A.E. & Shapiro-Ilan, D. (Eds.), Ecology of Invertebrate Diseases. Wiley. (ISBN: 978-1-119-25607-6) 
• Shikano, I., Rosa, C., Tan, C-W. & Felton, G.W. (2017) Tritrophic interactions: microbe-mediated plant effects on insect herbivores. Annual Review of Phytopathology 55:313–331. 
• Shikano, I. (2017) Evolutionary ecology of multitrophic interactions between plants, insect herbivores and entomopathogens. Journal of Chemical Ecology 42:586–598. 
• 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. 
• Shikano, I., Hua, 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. 
• 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.
• Shikano, I., Oak, M.C., Halpert-Scanderbeg, O. & Cory, J.S. (2015) Trade-offs between transgenerational transfer of nutritional stress tolerance and immune priming. Functional Ecology 29:1156–1164.
• 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.
  
• Shikano, I. & Cory, J.S. (2014) Genetic resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis alters feeding behaviour in the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni. PLoS ONE 9:e85709.