plants per plot at a spacing of 1.0 x 0.5 m. The commercial cv. Basilisk was used as a control. This paper reports t he results of 2 cuts during the dry season of 2012 (July 6, mid-season, and October 2, end of dry season). A gronomic evaluations were made for total dry matter (TDM), leaf dry matter (LDM), leaf percentage (%L), leaf:stem ratio (LSR) and regrowth rating (REG). Regrowth rating was a combined score from 0 (poor) to 6 (excellent) of plant density (percentage of tillers shooting) and speed of regrowth. Data were analyzed using the restricted maximum likelihood/best linear unbiased prediction procedure (REML/BLUP), implemented in the software SELEGEN REML/BLUP (Resende 2002). Results and Discussion