Wound healing in citrus fruit is promoted by chitosan and Pichia membranaefaciens as a resistance mechanism against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

•Chitosan or P. membranaefaciens can promote wound-healing process in citrus.•Wound-healing process is associate with the cell wall components accumulation.•Wound-healing process can slow down the invasion of pathogen.•The invasion of pathogen can impact the wound-healing process.