A new cultivar of Panicum maximum (Massai) was evaluated for commercial release, at the Embrapa Beef Cattle, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil, from November 1993 to April 1999. At establishment, 2,7 t/ha of lime, 400 kg/ha of 0-20-20 and 50 kg/ha of FTE were applied. Maintenance fertilizer was 200 kg/ha of 0-20-20 NPK and 50 kg/ha N, annually. The Panicum maximum cultivars tested were Mombaça and Massai. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with two treatments and two replicates. […]