Find Registered Pesticides in Turkey: A Lookup Tool for Agronomists

What is BKÜ GPT?

BKÜ GPT is a free pesticide lookup tool for Turkey. It covers registered plant protection products — Bitki Koruma Ürünleri in Turkish, abbreviated BKÜ — and lets agronomists, advisors, and growers search 5,597 registered pesticides by crop, pest, active ingredient, or trade name. Every product page lists the registered crops, doses, and pre-harvest intervals you cite in a written recommendation. Available at bkugpt.com on web, iOS, and Android.

The recommendation you write every week

A client calls about whitefly on tomatoes. They need a written recommendation by tomorrow: which product is registered for use in Turkey, what dose to mix, what pre-harvest interval applies, what alternative to suggest if the first choice is out of stock at the local agro-store. You have 12 of these to write this week.

The information exists across labels, catalogs, registration records, and your own notes from past seasons. Pulling it together for one client takes 30 minutes if you know where to look. Multiply that by 12 and the week is gone.

BKÜ GPT puts what you need on one page.

What each pesticide page shows

Every registered pesticide on BKÜ GPT has a page with the fields you cite in a recommendation:

• Trade name and active ingredient
• Formulation type (EC, WG, SC, SL, WP)
• Crops the product is registered on in Turkey
• Pests, diseases, or weeds it controls per crop
• Dose per decare or per 100 liters of water
• Pre-harvest interval, in days, per crop
• Manufacturer or license holder
• Registration status

Dose and pre-harvest interval are split per crop. Confidor 200 SL on tomato has its own row. Confidor 200 SL on cucumber has another. Same product, different numbers, different page section. You see all of them at once, so a multi-crop recommendation does not need a second search.

How to find registered pesticides by crop and pest

A client describes the pest they see in the field. Type the pest and crop together: "aphid on cucumber". The result is a list of pesticides registered in Turkey for that combination, with dose and pre-harvest interval visible without opening each one.

The same query works in Turkish or English. "kırmızı örümcek çilek" returns the same products as "red spider mite strawberry". Useful when your client speaks Turkish but your report goes to a corporate buyer in English.

How to search by active ingredient or trade name

A client mentions an active ingredient that worked last season. Type it: "imidacloprid". The result is every trade name registered in Turkey that contains imidacloprid, grouped by manufacturer.

A client has a trade name from a neighbor or a local agro-store and wants to know if it fits. Type it: "Decis 25 EC". The page lists every crop the product is registered on, the dose for each, and the pests it targets.

How to filter pesticide search results

On BKUGPT, a search for "aphid" on its own returns hundreds of products. The same search with crop = apple and formulation = SC returns a list short enough to read on one screen.

The filter chips on the results page are:

• Crop
• Pest, disease, or weed
• Active ingredient
• Formulation type
• Manufacturer

Pick one. Combine four. Bookmark the URL when the combination matches a recurring client situation, so the same filters are one click away next season.

Examples: writing a pesticide recommendation in Turkey

Strawberry client, red spider mite, harvest in 5 days. You search the pest and crop. Acaricides registered for strawberry list with dose per decare and pre-harvest interval. One product needs 3 days between spray and harvest, another needs 7. With harvest in 5 days, the 3-day product is the only option you can recommend. You copy the dose, formulation, and manufacturer into the report.

Client wants a specific manufacturer's abamectin product. You search "abamectin", filter by manufacturer, and confirm the concentration (18 g/L or 36 g/L) and the crops the product is registered on in Turkey. If the client's crop is on the list, the recommendation is one row. If not, you check another trade name with the same active ingredient and a closer crop fit.

Both lookups take less than a minute. Neither needs you to open a single PDF.

How to find a backup pesticide when the first is out of stock

When the first choice is unavailable at the client's local shop, you need a backup with the same active ingredient, comparable concentration, and registration on the same crop. Open both candidate pages in two browser tabs. Fields are in the same order on every page, so dose, pre-harvest interval, and registered crops line up row by row. If product A asks for 40 ml per 100 L water and product B asks for 60 ml, that goes into your report in 30 seconds.

This is the common shape of a real recommendation: one primary product, one named backup, both verified for the client's crop.

How to verify a pesticide registration before you recommend

Recommending a withdrawn product damages the trust a client places in you. The registration status field is on every product page. If a trade name has been withdrawn, the status says so, and the active ingredient is listed so you can find a current substitute on the next search. Adding the registration check to your report workflow takes 10 seconds per product.

How much time does this save?

For an advisor writing 12 recommendations a week, the math is direct. 30 minutes per recommendation in PDFs and catalogs becomes 5 minutes on BKÜ GPT. That is 5 hours back each week, redirected to field visits or follow-ups.

Turkish and English give the same data. The recommendation goes to the grower in Turkish. The export report for a corporate buyer goes in English. Same numbers, two languages, no second lookup.

When should agronomists use BKÜ GPT?

Before you sign a written recommendation. Before you confirm a dose for a client over the phone. Before you sign a season-long protection program for a producer. Any time the question is: is this pesticide registered in Turkey for this crop and this problem, and what is the correct dose.

Frequently asked questions

How many registered pesticides are searchable on BKÜ GPT? BKÜ GPT currently covers 5,597 registered plant protection products for Turkey, and the database keeps growing.

What does BKÜ stand for? BKÜ is the Turkish abbreviation for Bitki Koruma Ürünleri, which means plant protection products. It refers to pesticides registered for agricultural use in Turkey.

Can I search BKÜ GPT in Turkish or English? Both. The same query returns the same registered pesticides whether you search in Turkish or English.

Is BKÜ GPT free for agronomists? Yes. BKÜ GPT is free on web, iOS, and Android. There is no paywall on pesticide lookup, dose, or pre-harvest interval data.

Does BKÜ GPT replace a licensed agronomist? No. BKÜ GPT is an information tool. Every recommendation should be confirmed against the current product label and signed off by a licensed agronomist before any pesticide is applied.

Disclaimer

BKÜ GPT is for information only. Pesticide registrations, doses, and pre-harvest intervals change. Verify every value against the current product label and registration record before issuing a recommendation. Growers should follow their licensed agronomist's instructions before applying any pesticide, and follow local rules in Turkey on application, protective equipment, and harvest timing.