apprentice. 1  a person under legal agreement to work a specified length of time for a master craftsman in a craft or trade in return for instruction and, formerly, support. 2  a person who is acquiring a trade, craft, or skill under specified conditions, usually as a member of a labor union. 3  any learner or beginner; novice.
Black Japonica Rice is a short-grain and long-grain rice combination. Although Japonica rice was first cultivated in China in ancient times, Lundberg Family Farms, a California food production company, takes credit for the creating Black Japonica Rice in the late 20th century.
History of rice cultivation Oryza sativa was domesticated from the wild grass Oryza rufipogon roughly 10,000â14,000 years ago. The two main subspecies of rice â indica (prevalent in tropical regions) and japonica (prevalent in the subtropical and temperate regions of East Asia) â are not believed to have been derived from independent domestication events.