The study revealed that the squash stored under refrigerated temperature was free from microorganisms throughout the storage period (3 months) irrespective of genotypes studied, whereas, bacteria, yeast and mould were found after 60 days of storage period at ambient temperature indicating that the shelf-life and quality of squash was only about 45-60 days at ambient storage in all the genotypes studied respectively. | Incidence of bacteria-yeast-moulds on processed jackfruit squash from different genotypes