Plants Natural Defenses Against Pests

I am doing a little research and I seem to remember reading about how plants (vegetables/fruits) have naturally occuring phyto-chemicals in them that also increase the nutritive value of these plants. Of course, they would have to be grown organically. What I am looking for is some information on whether this is true. Can anyone help me with this? I have been searching the Internet and can’t find anything other than the basic fact that organic is better simply because of the non-use of toxins.

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#1 Comment By Nikki On 03/01/2011 @ 6:00 am

This article might help:
http://www.biology.utah.edu/coley/ColeyPubs/30-annurev.ecolsys.27.1.305.pdf ^[1]

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