<prompt> A person fed on only maize diet will develop: March 2013 a, c, d, e, g, hBeri BeriScurvyPellagraEpidemic dropsy  <response>: Ans. C i.e. Pellagra The nutritional disease pellagra, which is caused by a deficiency in niacin , is associated with maize-based diets in the Americas and Africa. While niacin is readily available in corn, it exists in a bound form niacytin that is not biologically available to monogastric single-stomach animals. 