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Steven M. Valles
Researcher at Agricultural Research Service
Publications - 114
Citations - 2455
Steven M. Valles is an academic researcher from Agricultural Research Service. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fire ant & Red imported fire ant. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 111 publications receiving 2148 citations. Previous affiliations of Steven M. Valles include Tennessee State University & United States Department of Agriculture.
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A picorna-like virus from the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta: initial discovery, genome sequence, and characterization.
Steven M. Valles,Charles A. Strong,Phat M. Dang,Wayne B. Hunter,Roberto M. Pereira,David H. Oi,Alexandra M Shapiro,David F. Williams +7 more
TL;DR: The first discovery and genome sequence of a virus infecting the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, appears to belong to the picorna-like viruses, especially the acute bee paralysis virus.
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Antagonism of Fipronil Toxicity by Piperonyl Butoxide and S, S, S-Tributyl Phosphorotrithioate in the German Cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)
TL;DR: Data suggest that fipronil is metabolically activated in German cockroaches, possibly via sulfone formation catalyzed by microsomal oxidases, and that five German cockroach strains collected from the field were considerably more tolerant of fipronsil than Marietta cockroached.
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Novel sodium channel gene mutations in Blattella germanica reduce the sensitivity of expressed channels to deltamethrin
TL;DR: The results indicated that evolution of sodium channel insensitivity in the German cockroach is achieved by sequential selection of a primary mutation L993F and two secondary mutations E434K and C764R, and concomitant presence of all three mutations dramatically reduced sodium channel sensitivity to deltamethrin.
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ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Iflaviridae.
Steven M. Valles,Yanping Chen,Andrew E. Firth,Diego M. A. Guérin,Yoshifumi Hashimoto,Salvador Herrero,J. R de Miranda,Eugene V. Ryabov +7 more
TL;DR: The most common route of infection for iflaviruses is the ingestion of virus-contaminated food sources, and the host range has not been examined for most members.
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Isolation and characterization of Solenopsis invicta virus 3, a new positive-strand RNA virus infecting the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta.
TL;DR: The minus (replicative) strand of SINV-3 was detected in worker ants indicating replication of the virus, and the possibility of using SINv-3 as a microbial control agent for fire ants is discussed.