Editing Conium (section)

=== Pesticides ===
Chemicals produced by and isolated from plants of this genus were found to have anti-insect and anti-predator properties and have been studied for use in agriculture. Coniine was proven to be effective against aphids and blowflies.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Fuller|first1=Pam|last2=Neilson|first2=Matthew|date=June 2015|title=The U.S. Geological Survey's Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database: over thirty years of tracking introduced aquatic species in the United States (and counting)|journal=Management of Biological Invasions|volume=6|issue=2|pages=159–170|doi=10.3391/mbi.2015.6.2.06|issn=1989-8649|doi-access=free|bibcode=2015MBioI...6..159F }}</ref> In addition, extracts of ''Conium'' plants were found to inhibit ''[[Fusarium pallidoroseum]],'' a fungal disease causing twig blight in mulberry.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gulzar|first1=Parveez|last2=Sahaf|first2=K.A.|last3=Kausar|first3=Tasneem|last4=Raja|first4=T.A.|last5=Munshi|first5=Nazir A.|date=2016|title=Efficacy of various botanical extracts on twig blight of mulberry caused by Fusarium pallidoroseum (Cooke) Sacc.|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0974-4517.2016.00049.5|journal=Applied Biological Research|volume=18|issue=3|pages=321|doi=10.5958/0974-4517.2016.00049.5|issn=0972-0979|url-access=subscription}}</ref> However, these findings have not yet been implemented in practice.<ref name=":3" />