Marilena Palmisano

Projects

• Development of a LAMP assay for selective amplification of DNA from living cells / Project leader / ongoing
• Loop-mediated isothermal amplification for real-time pathogen screening in soil / Project leader / ongoing
• Development of a kit for the detection of leaf spot in turf grass / Project leader / completed
• Massive detection of tomato brown rugose fruit virus by high-throughput sequencing / Co-project leader / completed
• Turf Pathogen Screening System using Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification / Project leader / completed
• LAMP Diagnostic in Ornamentals / Project leader / completed
• Development of a fast and exact method for R. solanacearum detection in Swiss surface water samples / Co-project leader / completed
• MycoTOF – Determining mycotoxigenic molds and mycotoxins / Team member / completed
• New Atlas of Mammals of Switzerland and Liechtenstein / Team member / completed
• Development of a pathogen screening system for all globally relevant turf grass diseases / Project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Mainetti, T., Palmisano, M., Rezzonico, F., Stres, B., Kern, S., & Smits, T. H. M. (2021). Broad diversity of bacteria degrading 17ß-estradiol-3-sulfate isolated from river sediment and biofilm at a wastewater treatment plant discharge. Archives of Microbiology, 203(7), 4209–4219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-021-02409-0
• Razinger, J., Lutz, M., Schroers, H.-J., Palmisano, M., Wohler, C., Urek, G., & Grunder, J. (2014). Direct plantlet inoculation with soil or insect-associated fungi may control cabbage root fly maggots. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 120, 59–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2014.05.006

Other publications

• Palmisano, M. (2026). Resistenzmonitoring und UV-C Einsatz im Erdbeerbau. Schweizer Obst, 2026(2), 33.
• Michel, V., Wohler, C., Kopp, M., Thoss, H., Mannale, M., & Palmisano, M. (2019). Fungicide resistance of botrytis cinerea : first results from Switzerland [Conference paper]. IOBC-WPRS Bulletin Vol. 144, 39–45. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-19639
• Palmisano, M., Kopp, M., Vincent, M., Thoss, H., Werdenberg, C., & Wohler, C. (2019). Botrytis-Resistenzen auf Erdbeeren. Schweizer Obst, 2019(1), 37–40. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-19092
• Kopp, M., Mannale, M., Vincent, M., Palmisano, M., Thoss, H., & Wohler, C. (2018). Botrytis-Resistenzen auf Erdbeeren. Schweizer Obst, 2018(2), 33–37. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3924
• Mustafa, S., Palmisano, M., van To, R. W. H. M., & Grunder, J. (2017). Taxonomic attribution of natural isolates of entomopathogenic fungi in certain regions in Switzerland and their impact in the cockchafer grubs’ control [Conference paper]. Proceedings of the 5th Congress of the Ecologists of Macedonia, with International Participation, 17–21. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-35800
• Wirthner-Bitterlin, L., Reifler-Bächtiger, M., Palmisano, M., Egloff, S., Briner, T., Capt, S., & Graf, R. F. (2016). Kleinsäuger mit Haarproben zuverlässig bestimmen. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich, 161(1), 9–11. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4288
• Palmisano, M., Wohler, C., Boos, J., Kuhn, R., Sierotzki, H., & Bolsinger, M. (2012). Simultaneous detection and identification of pathogenic fungi in wheat using a DNA macroarray [Conference poster]. Book of Abstracts: 2nd Symposium on Horticulture in Europe - SHE 2012, 171. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4291
• Palmisano, M., & Wohler, C. (2012). Molekulare Diagnostik für den Umweltsektor. Transfer, 2012(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4292
• Wohler, C., & Palmisano, M. (2012). Molekulare Diagnostik für den Umweltsektor : Institut für Umwelt und Natürliche Ressourcen / Zentrum Hortikultur, Fachstelle Spezialkulturen. Laborscope, 23.
• Wohler, C., & Palmisano, M. (2010). Baumdiagnostik : dem Täter auf der Spur. dergartenbau, 2010(43), 10–11.
• Wohler, C., & Palmisano, M. (2009). Kohlhernie mit Schnelltest nachweisbar? Raps - Fachzeitschrift für Spezialisten, 2009(3), 132–133.
• Wohler, C., & Palmisano, M. (2008). Vielseitiges Diagnoseinstrument bringt Licht ins Dunkel : neue Möglichkeiten der Qualitätssicherung in Griffnähe. dergartenbau, 2008(4).
• Wohler, C., & Palmisano, M. (2008). Kohlhernie bald mit Schnelltest nachweisbar? Die Grüne, 2008(4).

Patents and patent applications

• Palmisano, Marilena; Wohler, Christian,

  2019.

  Methods for detecting fungi in turf grass with a lamp assay having novel primer sets.

  Patent number WO2019149963 A1

  (2019-08-08)

  .

  Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DWO2019149963A1

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