Apex common bean

Navabi A., Rupert, T., Park, S. J, Yu, K., Smith, T. H. and Pauls, K. P. 2013. Apex common bean. Can. J. Plant Sci. 93: 131–135. Apex (CFIA registration no. 7052) is an indeterminate, full-season navy bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivar with an upright plant architecture, suitable for direct harvest, high yield potential, moderate resistance to common bacterial blight (CBB; caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli) and superior cooking quality. Apex is adapted to and recommended for the dry bean growing areas with higher than 2700 CHU in southwestern Ontario.