Table 4.

The Pearson correlation coefficients of single compounds whose levels had significant positive correlations (P < 0.05) with the rates of M. fructicola and C. gloeosporioides inhibition.

Volatile compound	With dynamic rate of M. fructicola inhibition		With dynamic rate of C. gloeosporioides inhibition
	Pearson correlation coefficient	P-value	Pearson correlation coefficient	P-value
2,4-di-tert-butylphenol	0.817	0.013	0.748	0.033
1-octanol	0.799	0.017	0.730	0.040
Benzothiazole	0.793	0.019	0.786	0.021
Benzoic acid	0.782	0.022	-	ns
Benzaldehyde	0.759	0.029	-	ns
Anisole	-	ns	0.712	0.048
3-methylbutanal	-	ns	0.795	0.018

“-” means this compound showed no significant correlation with the dynamic inhibition rate, and “ns” means not significant (P > 0.05).