Management of the main objects of labor of crop production in the conditions of adaptive agriculture

The article describes agricultural plants as an economic category participating in the production cycle as the main subject and means of labor. The specific feature of plant objects participating in the production cycle is revealed, taking into account the impact on them of man-made and natural factors that change in space and time during the growing season. Cultivated plants are presented as one of the material resources in crop production, subject to moral and material deterioration. Variety changes and variety renewals are considered as an innovative process that provides for overcoming the consequences of this wear. The necessity and economic significance of these processes are emphasized. The relationship between the frequency of replacement and renewal of the variety with the degree of realization by the variety (hybrid) of their biological and economic potential realized in the production process is noted. The importance of plant potential management in terms of adaptation to climate change is reflected.