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Table 2 Ranking of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that contribute to treatment differences. Random Forest was used. Compound rankings were determined using Mean Decrease Accuracy (MDA)

From: Flooding and herbivory: the effect of concurrent stress factors on plant volatile emissions and gene expression in two heirloom tomato varieties

Rank

Volatile Organic Compound

Mean Decrease Accuracy

1

p-cymene

51.285543

2

β-pinene

48.739645

3

o-cymene

44.327346

4

Caryophyllene

43.056983

5

β-phellandrene

42.558952

6

Humulene

41.359839

7

α-pinene

38.821284

8

δ-elemene

37.039133

9

( +)- 4-carene

35.596207

10

α-terpinolene

33.440834

11

α-terpinene

29.718382

12

gamma-Terpinene

22.976904

13

β-elemene

19.581877

14

Pentadecane

19.326385

15

p-cresol

13.409866

16

1-Pentadecane

12.609018

17

β-ocimene

12.549250

18

trans-β-ocimene

-0.951859