![Graduate student Ian Mounts examines whether mycorrhizal networks can ameliorate plant drought stress](https://jbaxter.irt.csus.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ian-research2.jpg)
You may know that plants are colonized by mycorrhizal fungi in a symbiotic mutualism. But did you know that individual plants are connected to one another…
![Graduate student Dan Lenz studies how belowground fungi help plants defend against herbivores](https://jbaxter.irt.csus.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_3029-2.jpeg)
You may know that plants can signal neighbors when they are damaged by herbivores. And that they do this by releasing a chemical signal, such as a volatile…
![Elfin Saddle fungus found along the American River Parkway](https://jbaxter.irt.csus.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0287-470x140.jpg)
If you take a walk along the American River Parkway in the early spring after a rain, you might glimpse one of the Parkway’s more other worldly residents. Generally…
![General Ecology Students Fly High in the Sierra Nevada](https://jbaxter.irt.csus.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/DSC_1073-470x140.jpg)
At over 8,600 feet in elevation near Carson Pass this fall, students in Dr. Baxter’s General Ecology class literally rose to the occasion to learn…
![Becoming California Wins Two Regional EMMY Awards](https://jbaxter.irt.csus.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Becoming-CA-Emmy-selfie-470x140.jpg)
At the 44th Annual Northern California Emmy Awards on Saturday night, Becoming California was awarded an EMMY for Best Cultural/Historical Documentary. Its producer/director, Kit Tyler, also received…