Ethylene-mediated metabolic priming increases photosynthesis and metabolism to enhance plant growth and stress tolerance | PNAS Nexus | Oxford Academic

[shag]

I am now wondering if a combo of GA (or maybe auxin) and Ethylene may be good for seed sprouting.
When a seed sprout hits a rock in the soill it uses endogenous ethylene to get oround the rock.
Also…
Ethylene inhibits vegetative growth by restricting cell elongation

Ethylene promotes the breakdown of abscisic acid (ABA) and thus relieving ABA’s inhibition of gibberellic acid.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1717649115

Ethylene should inhibit root growth and encourage shoot growth. It should inhibit metabolism and stimulate photosynthesis. It also is known to stimulate the growth of root hairs, a method for increasing the surface area of the root and its absorption of oxygen for local use.

Here is a link to a thread I wrote about stress.

FYI… I did have some help with this.

Different types of plant stress, 1:(LAR), 2:(SAR), 3:(SGS), 4:(ISR), 5:(SWR)

Induced Resistance There is a diverse array of signals that stimulate IR. IR is a sensitization process that primes the plant for more rapid deployment of defenses. When integrated into good agricultural practices, IR can both enhance plant productivity and resistance to disease. Has energetic costs Types of induced resistance Local acquired resistance (LAR) Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) Systemic gene silencing (SGS) Induced systemic resistance (ISR) Systemic wounding response (SWR) S…