Economic and biological significance of crops, adaptive technologies of their cultivation are considered: place in crop rotation, rules for performing basic agrotechnical methods of soil treatment, preparation of seeds for sowing, peculiarities of sowing and planting, methods of their harvesting, options for using equipment in mechanized implementation of basic agrotechnical methods. The sections of the textbook provide crop rotation systems, fertilizers and effective methods for their use, integrated systems for combating diseases, pests and weeds.