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. et al. (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), pp. 4209–4219. doi: 10.1007/s00203-021-02409-0.
• Razinger, J. et al. (2014) ‘Direct plantlet inoculation with soil or insect-associated fungi may control cabbage root fly maggots’, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 120, pp. 59–66. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2014.05.006.

Other publications

• Palmisano, M. (2026) ‘Resistenzmonitoring und UV-C Einsatz im Erdbeerbau’, Schweizer Obst, 2026(2), p. 33. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-36585.
• Michel, V. et al. (2019) ‘Fungicide resistance of botrytis cinerea : first results from Switzerland’, in IOBC-WPRS Bulletin Vol. 144. ETH Zürich, pp. 39–45. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-19639.
• Palmisano, M. et al. (2019) ‘Botrytis-Resistenzen auf Erdbeeren’, Schweizer Obst, 2019(1), pp. 37–40. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-19092.
• Kopp, M. et al. (2018) ‘Botrytis-Resistenzen auf Erdbeeren’, Schweizer Obst, 2018(2), pp. 33–37. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-3924.
• Mustafa, S. et al. (2017) ‘Taxonomic attribution of natural isolates of entomopathogenic fungi in certain regions in Switzerland and their impact in the cockchafer grubs” control’, in Proceedings of the 5th Congress of the Ecologists of Macedonia, with international participation. Skopje: Macedonian Ecological Society, pp. 17–21. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-35800.
• Wirthner-Bitterlin, L. et al. (2016) ‘Kleinsäuger mit Haarproben zuverlässig bestimmen’, Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich, 161(1), pp. 9–11. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4288.
• Palmisano, M. and Wohler, C. (2012) ‘Molekulare Diagnostik für den Umweltsektor’, Transfer, 2012(1), p. 8. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4292.
• Palmisano, M. et al. (2012) ‘Simultaneous detection and identification of pathogenic fungi in wheat using a DNA macroarray’, in Book of Abstracts: 2nd Symposium on Horticulture in Europe - SHE 2012. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, p. 171. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4291.
• Wohler, C. and Palmisano, M. (2012) ‘Molekulare Diagnostik für den Umweltsektor : Institut für Umwelt und Natürliche Ressourcen / Zentrum Hortikultur, Fachstelle Spezialkulturen’, Laborscope, p. 23.
• Wohler, C. and Palmisano, M. (2010) ‘Baumdiagnostik : dem Täter auf der Spur’, dergartenbau, 2010(43), pp. 10–11.
• Wohler, C. and Palmisano, M. (2009) ‘Kohlhernie mit Schnelltest nachweisbar?’, Raps - Fachzeitschrift für Spezialisten, 2009(3), pp. 132–133.
• Wohler, C. and Palmisano, M. (2008) ‘Vielseitiges Diagnoseinstrument bringt Licht ins Dunkel : neue Möglichkeiten der Qualitätssicherung in Griffnähe’, dergartenbau, 2008(4).
• Wohler, C. and 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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